Annotated Bibliography

 

Source 1:   Children Can Never Be Safe in Adult Prisons. New York Times [serial online].  

                                   April 9, 2012:20. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich,
                                   MA. Accessed May 21, 2015.

This article is about a delay of three years in the Justice Department. It discusses how there is a need for reforms in prisons. A main one includes mandatory rape-prevention policies for federal prisons and state correctional institutions. The article continues to discuss the regulation of alleged attacks must be reformed in order to create a safer environment for prisoners. The institution must improve medical and psychiatric help for the victims.

This is important because I believe that an adult prison is not a suitable environment for a child even if they committed a crime. An adult prison has too many flaws and lack programs and guidance that a child needs n order to develop. It is important to understand the difference between an adult prison and a juvenile dentition center to argue my topic.

 

Source 2:    Smith, J. S. (2002). ADULT PRISONS: No Place for Kids. USA Today Magazine,         131(2686), 34

 

            This article discusses the incarceration of youths in adult prisons in the United States. It explains how Smith feels the practice of imprisoning young people with adult criminals is unreasonable and not beneficial. Reason for locking away youngsters in adult prisons does not sit well with Smith because he feels that teens are not developed enough to understand the court system yet alone a trial. Although he does feel that children should be punished for their bad actions locking them away with hardened criminals will only affect a child in a negative way.

            I for one agree with Mr. Smith and his views on child imprisonment. I do not think a child is mature enough to understand the legal system. Although they committed a crime they are too young to be surrounded by old man and women who are imprisoned for life. It is important to understand the reason why a child committed their crime. Evaluate the motives in order to help them once they are released. I can use this in my research paper because it is important to acknowledge that these are young kids some as young as 13 years old being in the same cell with a rapist and or murder that may be double their age.

 

Source 3:  History of Juvenile Justice in the United States. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2015, from  http://www.djs.state.md.us/history-us.asp

 

            This website discusses the reasons why a juvenile center was developed and how it has evolved over generations. These centers were created as an idea of rehabilitation for teens convicted of crimes. It was an establishment built after government officials realized that children were not safe under the same prison as adults. The article explains that before the Supreme Court case of 1967 known as the In re Gault children had no legal rights in the legal system.

            I feel that this article is an important part of my research paper because it makes my paper credible. Like every research topic we have to discuss how things were in the past compared to the now. After the Supreme Court was set in placed congress passed a law known as the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. This act is supposed to protect and separate children imamates from adult prisoners. However due to the high increase in crime rate many states have neglected to follow this protocol and have been placing them together. It is important to understand the reason this act was placed in order to enforce and reform it.

Source 4:  Jailing Juveniles (2007, November). Washington, DC: Campaign for Youth Justice. 6 National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Report 18 (June 2009)

 

            Campaign for Youth Justice is an organization focused on protecting the rights of children convicted of crimes. Throughput this article it states explicit statistics and facts of children mistreated and victimized by the older inmates. It states that youth intimates in adult prisons have the highest suicide rate compared to all inmates. The article continues to discuss how teens under 18 years old have a higher percentage of being sexual abused or assaulted. This campaign focuses on the affects a child endures being placed in an adult prison.

            In my research paper it is important to have facts and statistics backing my idea. This article focuses on the negative aspects of locking up a child in an adult prison has. It really highlights my thesis and concerns about sending a child to an adult correctional facility. There is not enough security or supervision for these children to confirm their safety. There are not guards in each cell during sleep hours. The lack of programs and support results in many youth incarnated to take extreme measures resulting in suicide. Using these facts will allow my paper to be convincing to others that children should be placed in juvenile centers.