Detention centers should be used to house adolescents up until their trial dates and be a safe, but strict environment for these teens to serve their sentences. Children and teens with lives where they do not have the same access to better opportunities as other children should be given a chance to prove themselves capable. ‘“Maybe society needs this to gain retribution against kids that they think have gone wild? But for the most part, these are vulnerable kids who come from dysfunctional families. And, for the most part, the crime is a crime of lack of expectation, a crime of a lack of opportunity”’ (Brook). Not having a proper education, enough food, or a stable home is the problem for most kids stuck in these detention centers. At
