Eight Amendment Research Paper

r my final paper I plan on narrowing in on how the according to the eight amendment the United States is treating the prisoners with mental illness unconditionally, by using cruel and unusual punishment. All of my research I have found supports this claim. I had wanted to focus on reform and policy as well as a main point of my paper, however, while I will touch on that in part of my research it is not going to be a focus of what I am speaking about. For my final project deposit I am Reviewing Calibrating the Eighth Amendment: Graham, Miller, and the Right to Mental Healthcare in Juvenile Prison. This academic article focuses mainly on youth who are affected by the juvenile prison and looks at how the eight amendment is being ignored in the programs which are supposed to aim to help them. At a young age children are easily influenced by their environment. In juvenile prisons 65-80 percent of children are battling mental illness and if it goes untreated will effect them into adulthood. This is a large compassion to 12-15 percent in adult prisons. (however another article I read talked about the vast under reporting of mental illness in prisons, especially in the south). Youth facilities were supposed to be more focused oh
No matter which amendment is focused on both can be identified as being violated. Why youth in facilities do have the access to health care they do not meet the services and individualized care needed by those they are supposed to be helping. Not only in the mental health field but as well general well being. With youth facilities there have been instances of either over medicating or medications given, a lack of therapy, and using solitary confinement as a resource to deal with mental illness (other research I have done has shown the negative effects of