Put In Juvenile Prisons

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Do you think it would help your child to be put in a juvenile prison? Well actually they say that putting your child in a juvenile prison that it does not help them in fact it makes them a lot worse. One of the reasons why it makes them worse is because you are putting your child with a lot of other bad kids and it changes their attitude to a negative reason. Some things that you probably don't know? Well i'm going to tell your some things but first did you know that if you are put in juvie there is a change that you could be put in prison because they can charge you with some things that are listed as an adult. The first thing i am going to tell you is that it is not safe to be put in prison because the place is so dirty and they don't have the things to make feel better if you are sick. Also some of the things you do when you are a teenager you can also be charged as a adult and you could go straight to prison. …show more content…
Compared with other kids with a similar history of bad behavior, those who entered the juvenile-justice system were nearly seven times more likely to be arrested for crimes as adults. Further, those who ended up being sentenced to juvenile prison were 37 times more likely to be arrested again as adults, compared with similarly misbehaved kids who were either not caught or not put into the system. the kids that are bad when they get sent somewhere they get out with more bad kids and they say that it is a lot worse when they are

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