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The Pros And Cons Of Adult Prisons

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A minor being an adult prison is not acceptable because of their brain development. Juveniles are still children and there's much more for their brain to grow. Youth brains are developed different than adults. Adult penitentiaries do not know how to handle children because some of them have different levels of understanding which also means that some are mentally ill. Adults prisons are not trained with how to mentally, socially and physically meet the needs that they have as sick children (Okonkwo). Adult prisons can not provide the right treatment and systems that juveniles need to get through life in jail (Okonkwo). With the guards and anyone else who works in the jail not being able to handle them leaves the child in a great amount of danger
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