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Lizeth Gallo Did He Kill Her? 8/27/2015 What are the chances of kids that have parents in jail, end up in jail themselves? Normally, when kids have a parent or guardian in prison, they have to go through process to look for a new guardian and new home, which usually it ends up being grandparents, relatives or foster care. The children are left to look after themselves, deal with their emotions and stress. Psychotherapist Dr. Janice Beal says children suffer mental health issues like depression, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and feeling abandonment. This could change their actions and how they feel a lot. When in school it’s harder to concentrate and focus on what they 're doing, grades start dropping down, and socializing becomes …show more content…

Seventy percent of the kids follow their parents footsteps. They end up committing crimes at some point in their lives. Its five times more likely that they will commit a crime than everyone else. When children are around when parents are taken away is harder for them. They go into post-traumatic disorder thinking, when will I see them again I ever do, what will happen now, and what will they do. With the pain they’re in, they write a letter to the court saying how they’re feeling and asking to let them to think about the sentencing for them. 1“Unfortunately, they are writing to me to influence sentencing on the case. But it cannot influence me. I have to make a decision based on the offense. It 's clear and obvious to me the pain the children are in from the letter," says U.S. District judge Vanessa Gilmore. Parents have a hard time too. Gilmore says, 2 “I had one family who I worked for about four or five years. The mom was in prison. Every time she was near release she would do something like get into a fight which would prolong her time. It became obvious that she did not want to get out and parent. She had five kids. The grandmother expressed that she was stressed and tired. She did not want her grandchildren to become a part of the system.” They are sometimes afraid when they get released out of jail because they won’t know how their kids will react and if they’ll accept …show more content…

They help the kids that have a parent in jail so they won 't end up like them, committing a crime themselves. Angelina Respess, a mother of three young boys have been enrolled in the program. The father who had recently released from jail, Breaking the Cycle are helping the family to be able to have a strong relationship between each other and try to help the children not repeat the same mistake. Angelina Respess, who works with the children says it is harder to work with the parents than the children. There are more than 200 kids that participate in it and about 80 families. Parents don’t usually want or like to take a part of the

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Granting children, the right to visit their incarcerated mothers is a contentious topic with both sides having strong claims and counterclaims. Terrance Bogans does an outstanding job in his essay, “Being Mommy Behind Bars: The Psychological Benefits of Child Visitation with Incarcerated Mothers” addressing why children should be allowed to visit their incarcerated mothers, citing many reasons and using many argumentative components. Bogans has an explicit thesis in the conclusion “Child visitation must be increased in order to alleviate the psychological strains that take place during incarceration” (15). Bogans uses this clearly stated thesis to tell his main point and to address his opposition. The author’s purpose is to convince readers that children and incarcerated mothers have a right to see each other and no one should stop that.

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The legal system can be disastrous and confusing at times, especially regarding minors. The book Monster by Walter Dean Myers discusses and tells the story of such topics. In the book, our main character Steve Harmon is on trial and being charged with felony murder. We’re led through the trial in a movie script writing which Steve writes this way because he has a passion for film. We can also see journal entries from his perspective where he talks about what it’s like to be in jail and his emotions about the situation.

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Sending a juvenile to adult prisons won’t necessarily help solve their wrongdoings but they may be influenced by older offenders and never be able to change for the better. Richard may have never been able to get out of jail if he had been strongly influenced by older offenders even with the possibility of parole. The courts have a bias against Richard that can not be shifted even with Sasha’s family's endorsement. They control how Richard’s life will turn out while trying to solve a mistake they had the possibility of making another

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Many young children go to visit the child who is locked up and they get scared for life. LeGuin states “They feel anger, outrage, and impotence, despite all explanations. They would like to do something for the child. ”(LeGuin 3). The young children still can’t grasp the fact that people can be cruel and cunning.

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The “Beyond Scared Straight” is a juvenile prevention program in New Jersey that is broadcasted on the A&E cable television channel. This program brings kids from age 11-18 in jail and prison, to show them that this is not the type of lifestyle they want. “Beyond Scared Straight” shows everything from how prisoners get their lunch to how they all share a shower with more than 40 other men. The kids personally get sat down with prisoners who have decided to change their life. They do this to try to help the kids decide that the streets are not the way you want to make a living and how their families feel by their poor conduct.

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In the first article, Editorial•Stop the school-to-prison pipeline, it starts off by using the young man as an example of the many children who fall for the school-to-prison pipeline. The young man has seen the men in his family go to prison and even though he does not explicitly state it, you can tell he is worried about what his fate will be. This is shown by his quote, "Every man in my family has been locked up. Most days I feel like it doesn 't matter what I do, how hard I try—that’s my fate, too. " I believe that if one sees something done by someone close to them, they will react to what is seen, which is what mostly happens with these kids being talked about in this article.

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Even if people are innocent such as Antonio, the system will keep them in prison, anything to help them sleep at night. Just how do judges and juries sleep at night, knowing they are putting a child in a prison where they know that the child will develop extreme

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After years of this behavior and her being put into jail for stealing. She was sentence to prison and her boys would become wards of the State of California. Her aunt Darlene decided to apply for custody of her children, this would allow them to stay in the family and give them a safe and loving home to grow up in. Right after Darlene gained

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