The Importance Of Punishment In Adult Prisons

Your young and make an obnoxious decision in stealing a bear of earphones if not bailed you spent 6 months in jail. Later your taken to an adult prison to get sexxually and physically harrasted and leave the jail with a urge to commit suicide. Kids who are getting punished by doing crime are being sentenced to adult facilities. Although teenagers who commit these crimes may deserve to be harshly punished, Juveniles who commit violent crimes should no longer undergo punishments as harsh as their adult counterparts because kids deserve a second chance to overcome their faulty selves which is unachievable in adult prisons.

Kids are undergoing punishments equivalent to adults which is unfair because adults have had their decision thought process in their brains fully developed. In quotes, “Recent studies suggest that the brain’s prefrontal lobe, which some scientists speculate plays a crucial role in inhibiting inappropriate behavior, may not reach full development until age
Most juveniles who serve time in adult prisons are eventually released will either be traumatized from being sexualy assaulted or experiencing hyper-violence. Juveniles will come out of the prison with urges to commit suicide in effect of the sexual violence they dealt with. Children don’t have the intellectual or moral capacity to understand the consequences of their actions; similarly, they lack the same capacity to be trial defendants. Juveniles dont have moral capacity to handle these situations.
If juveniles are continuously taken to adult facilities they will be beaten, sexually assaulted and suicidal rates will increase. In order to take a stance this problem must become aware and known. As people understand this conflict the government will have no choice to respond. All you have to do is get your friends, family, neighbors, anyone you know to become aware of this