Nicole Williams Ms. DeLong Juvenile Justice System Essay February 1st, 2018 Cyntoia Brown: Juvenile in Prison Cyntoia Brown was born in 1988 to her biological mother Georgina Mitchell. Her mother had given her up for adoption by the time she was two years old to a woman named Ellenette Brown. During her pregnancy, Georgina consumed alcohol for a long period of time and this affected Cyntoia because the alcohol consumption likely resulted into fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. When Cyntoia was around 8 months, her mother had become addicted to crack cocaine, Georgina then realized she couldn’t take care of Cyntoia and gave her up to Ellenette. Ellenette provided a stable home, but Cyntoia’s lack of emotional development had caused her …show more content…
Allen picked her up in his truck and together went back to his house. When they arrived, Cyntoia noticed a plethora of guns scattered in the house and this automatically made her feel uncomfortable. They had eaten dinner together and then arrived to Allen’s bedroom where he made Cyntoia undress. After a while Allen had fallen asleep and Cyntoia, having been previously raped and abused not too long before meeting Allen, became frightened of being raped again and so she picked up one of Allen’s guns and shot and killed him in his …show more content…
The prosecutor of the case had argued that Cyntoia should receive life without parole due to the severity of the case. She is serving her sentence at the Tennessee Prison for Women. Cyntoia’s life in prison was particularly harsh due to the fact that she was in an adult penitentiary when she was only 16 years old. She wa involved in harsh activity with other prisoners and dealt with the harsh reality of prison life. When Cyntoia gets out, if she gets out, she will have to readjust to a normal life because she is coming from a prison life because she will live the majority of her life in prison. Her freedom in life will have been taken away from her and she will have to learn how to live a normal