This past Thursday we watched in class a video on young offenders who were prosecuted for very serious crimes, this video really brought to my attention the many factors that contribute to young children making life-altering choices like murder or robbery. These children or teenagers, who truly are children, are in the juvenile system and are being faced with the hard truth of adult consequences for their actions. Regardless of the crime that was committed by these young offenders, the various stories we heard from the inmates had many factors that contributed to their reason behind their crimes. However, the prison system is not catering to the needs of the young and protecting their mental health in order to help to properly prepare them for “adult life” after they serve their time. The children and teenagers in the video and children and teenagers in the United States who are serving sentences that range over possible decades, need proper therapy and …show more content…
I came across an article titled, “The Rise and Rise of Child Crime”. Directly below the article title the description reads, “Bored and angry kids are taking to violent crime in increasing numbers and, once caught, they are ever more likely to re-offend”. The title of this article instantly jumped out at me and I was in shock in how biased the article title sounded, especially coming directly from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Without even reading further in to the article, the title and description of the article places the blame directly on young offenders and makes them appear to be hopeless, unfixable, and invaluable members in society. Stories of the youth in the video demonstrated that the young offenders had history of crime in their families, came from broken homes, and were abused by parents or