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The New York Times article said, "From there, most of the teenagers who are tried as adults and sentenced to life in adult institutions are placed in Level 4 maximum-security prisons that are extremely violent." California and many other states let in young teens as little as 14 years of age into adult prisons (Times). No one knows who they are as a person at such a young age. Teenagers are treated as adults in prison. The Supreme Court states, " people under 18 are immature, irresponsible, susceptible to peer-pressure and often are capable of change" (Times). Being placed in such a negative environment more often than not leaves them in negative behaviors in prison. Suicide and abuse rates are noticeably higher in teen prisoners than older inmates (Times). Teenagers are vulnerable and not as strong as adults. All these adults can bully and take advantage of teen inmates.
Americans are yelling for justice and criminals to be locked in jail for good. Not many things are free of price tags. A single inmate costs five thousand dollars per year in California, for example ("Economist"). Now multiply that by the 2.3 million prisoners we hold in our country ("Economist"). That number is sure to rise. All of our money is vanishing to keep dangerous prisoners off the streets. The article from the Economists retorts, "Prison is an excellent way to keep dangerous criminals off the streets, but the more people you lock up, the less dangerous each extra prisoner is likely to be." There are big time criminals sitting in jail but there are also the former drug dealers and rapists, too old and weak to lift a finger, also in jail ("Economist").
Bland adds, "If we can't send people to prison for the rest of their natural lives, it has said, we'll send them for 100 years."
Americans are yelling for justice and criminals to be locked in jail for good. Not many things are free of price tags. A single inmate costs five thousand dollars per year in California, for example ("Economist"). Now multiply that by the 2.3 million prisoners we hold in our country ("Economist"). That number is sure to rise. All of our money is vanishing to keep dangerous prisoners off the streets. The article from the Economists retorts, "Prison is an excellent way to keep dangerous criminals off the streets, but the more people you lock up, the less dangerous each extra prisoner is likely to be." There are big time criminals sitting in jail but there are also the former drug dealers and rapists, too old and weak to lift a finger, also in jail ("Economist").
Bland adds, "If we can't send people to prison for the rest of their natural lives, it has said, we'll send them for 100 years."