BLOG 3: Juvenile Offenders in Adult Prisons

TRIANGLE
It is impressive that many juvenile offenders are being charged as an adult and sent to an adult prison. Youths keep committing offenses and yet some do not get caught but, when they don’t care they keep doing it. The first point that was made by Aaron Kupchip is that many adolescent offenders that are sent to an adult prison have been repeat offenders. Despite of the crimes committed they are also prone to more acts of violence than adults in the prison. This causes danger to the staff in the facility because they are the ones who have to handle a given situation. It is also important to note that the major difference between the adult and juvenile within the same prison is that youths are not mixed with the general adult population. This is done to prevent future outrage with the adults and youth combined together. Youths are accommodated accordingly, for instance youth inmates get fresh milk, when it comes to eating compared to those of the adults. Finally, the most important point to understand is that many inmates have different points of view. For instance, in the research that was done to several inmates in the adult facility as well as in a youth facility was that each of them expressed themselves differently. It is clear that many youth in juvenile facilities are more likely to be physically victimizes by other inmates. In the contrary in the adults’ facility they believed that they receive good treatment and education. Incarceration is a way to deter crime; this is when rehabilitation does not work for some repeat offenders.

SQUARE
Youth offenders that have been arrested more than once have not learned from their mistakes. This is why they are back and back for good. Youths are given a second opportunity when they are involved in petty crimes, but when they reach their limit there is no other option. A youth who murders and does it knowingly, not accidentally deserve to get punished. The punishment should fit their crime. But, despite of that many juveniles do not think before they act. Many act before they think and this is a big issue. Even if they are put in prison, they are getting the treatment that they need as well as the education. If a juvenile has committed various offenses and learned from them then it is reasonable to punish them accordingly.

CIRCLE
In the video, Juveniles Locked Up, many of the juvenile offenders claim that their behavior begins in the neighborhood. I agree with this because being exposed to a neighborhood full of crime, an individual might be tempted to go and to the same thing as the others. Pressure for others does contribute to a negative factor. Committing a crime is a cycle, one of juvenile prisoners states that he began shoplifting and since he never got caught be kept on doing it, until it escalated and murdered a random person out of anger. When things like this occur it is difficult to find a way to fix to problem. Even though many have came up with the rehabilitation approach, which helps an individual do better in the community. But, does rehabilitation really work for these inmates?