This year, more than half a dozen states, including Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri and Utah, have passed new laws reshaping their juvenile legal systems. While some have adopted measures designed to divert more young people from incarceration, others have sought to impose stiffer penalties and expand prosecutors’ authority to pursue adult charges.
The opposite tacks underscore an increasingly fractured approach to juvenile justice nationwide.
Related, “In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10 - A groundbreaking data analysis shows how districts across the state are arresting and citing children for common misbehavior, leaving lasting trauma as the Legislature rejects bills to raise the age of criminal responsibility and floods schools with even more police.” (arc)
I like to think its always about rehabilitation but honestly punishment plays a part in that. Just being incarcerated is punishment though and trying to punish more by what. Doing cruel things ourselves. I don’t think food should be inadequate. Heck it should be healthy as possible but you don’t get extra calories type of punishment. Forced to do it like someone following a nutrisionist. These good for you things help with discipline and should reduce healthcare costs in prisons. Now I do think some can’t be rehabilitated but they would be older and repeat offenders. Then its not punishment but just containmnet in my view. Even then im not sure we can take repeat offenders under our current system because we don’t rehabilitate. healthy food, excersise, education. thats whats needed and people should not need to get arrested to get these things. when not in prison we should have snap for all, nice public areas, and there should be free education available to all at any age (ie in the us community colleges)
Exactly.
Giving people the tools to cope with society and function in society should be the goal. Incarcerated people should get therapy and education. They need the tools they missed acquiring.
The tools should already be there outside as well, but sometimes people don’t listen until something drastic happens.
Getting rid of capitalism would go a long way to improving things, but one step at a time.