The Prison Kids Documentary Analysis

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The Prison Kids: Juvenile Justice in America documentary describes juveniles and how our justice system handles that kind of problem. Juveniles are different from adults, both physically and mentally, so why should they be treated like adults? Quite a few years ago, the juveniles system was created not to punish, but to rehabilitate. The juvenile system was purposely different from the adult system so that children are held responsible for their actions and that the system put them through some kind of rehabilitation program so that later, they can live an ordinary life. However, this documentary shows how children each year are go through a trial like adults and are sentenced and incarcerated just like adults do. For juvenile offenders, the