The public had no idea what went on inside the prison even though the public is typically the one determining the fate of these criminals as the jury. The public should know because it is deterrence for the rest of the public so they don’t wind up in
From tear gassing, to the utmost physical abuse, juveniles were tortured and it led to the children wanting to commit suicide in these harsh conditions. Such brutality was a shocking insight to me. I was in disbelief that in our own country this kind of treatment once went on and nothing was done about it for quite some time. Without such investigations that have taken place by Kenneth Wooden, one can only wonder about if such treatment would still go on and if it is even possible that it happens today. With fear being invested into the minds of juveniles, it can be very easy to control them and have underground extreme policies going on regarding abuse.
The film Boys of Baraka shows the story of four young twelve years old boys from one of the most dangerous and violent ghettos in Baltimore. Directed by Ewing and Grady, they used different themes and film techniques to show how the boys got a second chance in education and life. The theme that was carried throughout this documentary was that there is always hope and with help, you could go far in life. The film dealt with kids whose parents have failed them and those who are in risk of not graduating and in risk of going to jail early. One of them was dealing with a mother on drugs.
It's easy for a parent to blame little Johny's behavior on that violent television show, but is that really the issue? You have to observe the issues he is surrounded by and how he grew up. If he is growing up in a bad neighborhood with violence all around him, and say his brother is in a gang. Though it could be a contributing factor, is it really television's fault? Mother Jones says that since children will see, on average, 200,000 acts of violence on televsion before they are 18 it must be television's fault.
Hannah Howarth English assessment task Monster by Walter Dean Myers In his recent masterpiece “Monster” Walter Dean Myers brilliantly presents the story of young 16 year old Steve Harmon to uphold and raise his concerns about the mind puzzling Justice System in America and its confusing handling of minors. Walter skilfully questions the barbaric enforcement of the harsh felony murder laws and the courts sentencing of minors as adults in adult incarceration. He uses a variety of techniques to make his audience stop and think whether the American Justice system is doing right or wrong. Steve Harmon is on trial with James King for felony murder from a group robbery in Mr Nesbitts drugstore, Although Steve is not fully responsible
This facility is known as one of the most aggressive in the country for young violent offenders. Last Chance in Texas is about teens that have committed serious crimes being rehabilitated in order to re-enter into society and reduce their risk of recidivism. The main focus of the author is to give a full insight to the workings of a rehabilitative program in a TYC State School. Hubner breaks the book into two segments: Boys and Girls. The introductory gives a little background on how the TYC came about.
He starts his essay with a knowledge on the puritans justice system, and how they dealt with criminals back in the old days. By starting off so clearly on what he firmly believes in, it gives us a better understanding of what to look forward for in his essay that might support his thesis. He gives some examples of punishments that were popular over 150 years ago. Jacoby mentions about how puritans pierced tongues with a hot iron and whipping as a form of punishment. After that he talks about how now we practice a more humane way of disciplining criminals and convicts.
It is just crazy to me to think that the drugs that these kids are being prescribed are causing them to commit acts of violence upon other people or do very crazy things. The documentary opened up with a teenager named Cory Baadsgard, who was apparently on the prescribed drug Paxil which caused him to have hallucinations. He discussed an incident in where he did not want to go to school and decided that he would go later in the day. The only thing that he remembered was waking up in a juvenile detention center and was told that he held hostages at gunpoint. In the documentary they also displayed the terrible Columbine shooting that occurred in which two teens took many lives and one of them was on prescription drugs as well.
Wheeler, Joey Proposition/Support Period: 2 December 5, 2012 Juvenile Justice Essay The vexing question of whether an adult trial and sentence are deemed just for juvenile criminals plague the judicial system as more adolescents commit violent crimes in today’s society. As punishment, most juvenile offenders who are found guilty of certain misdemeanors are sent to juvenile detention facilities for a relatively short period or, in some cases, at least until they are 18 years of age, at which time they are transferred to an adult prison. However, there are an unfortunate few who are tried and directly punished as adults; they are either sentenced to death row or incarcerated in a state prison infested with hardcore adult criminals and felons for as long as a lifetime. All youths, despite the crimes they committed, should not be tried and sentenced as adults. Many juvenile offenders are not intellectually or
Abuse at such an early age can lead to aggression and violence (The New York Times, 2000). Considering all the ways the government has failed our children from crack babies, horrible public school and miserable healthcare, what is the government doing to prevent such a trend? Nothing. A child at seven years of age commits a crime and the judicial system locked him away in a detention home and takes him away from the educational arena. Then at the age of 15 they liberate him or her, to what?