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The Role Of Juveniles In Prisons
Juveniles who have been tried as adults and sent to prison for life but have sent out early due to the 2012 law, have a hard time adjusting back to the real world. During a documentary called so and so, a juvenile got released back into the real world. He was still very young but also very old. He was in his late twenties but had the maturity level of a teenager still. When he first got out, it was the honey moon phase. He was so happy and relaxed to finally be out of prison. But after a couple months, he started to have relapses of prison. He began shaking and panicking during random times of the day. He began have flashbacks and it seemed like he was unable to properly adjust back to the real world.

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