In a report by Prisons Bureau in 2013 titled "Annual Determination of Average Cost of Incarceration" they state "The fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates in Fiscal Year 2011 was $28,893.40." Keeping these kids also cost money and jail space that they will occupy for the rest of their lives since they have no parole. Teens change their mentalities over the years and can change, but should still be accountable for their actions either through community service or other programs instead of just rotting in jail.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Teens Should Not be Sent to Rot in Jail
In the Paul Thompson's article "Startling Finds on Teenage Brains" it argues that teenagers are prone to be more impulsive due to a larger tissue loss during the adolescents years. Teen go through a development process where they begin to figure out how to make the fast and right decision. As teens we all make impulsive mistakes and learn from them, but most of them are minor and effects others minorly. Now some of the actions teens perform are on a major and more heinous which their actions need to be punished, but they do not deserve to be thrown into prison for the rest of their lives. Teens have the tendency to change their mentalities as they get older. It is not far to keep them locked up in prison for the rest of their life with no parole based on a terrible decision they made as a teenager.
In a report by Prisons Bureau in 2013 titled "Annual Determination of Average Cost of Incarceration" they state "The fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates in Fiscal Year 2011 was $28,893.40." Keeping these kids also cost money and jail space that they will occupy for the rest of their lives since they have no parole. Teens change their mentalities over the years and can change, but should still be accountable for their actions either through community service or other programs instead of just rotting in jail.
In a report by Prisons Bureau in 2013 titled "Annual Determination of Average Cost of Incarceration" they state "The fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates in Fiscal Year 2011 was $28,893.40." Keeping these kids also cost money and jail space that they will occupy for the rest of their lives since they have no parole. Teens change their mentalities over the years and can change, but should still be accountable for their actions either through community service or other programs instead of just rotting in jail.
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I actually like your perspective and because of that I am taking your side because you said that teens might change their mentalities when they are sent to prisons or get to stay there for life. I also think that putting pressure on someone might increase the case that teens might be more aggressive than usual. In addition, being inside a prison with other criminal adults might influence them wrongly. Furthermore, in such ways that makes the teens in the wrong path such as having tattoos in prison, taking in drugs, etc. will have an effect on their entire lives. In general, teens are very prone to very influential stuff as what you stated.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say that juveniles do not deserve to be thrown into prison for the rest of their lives, and that they have the tendency to change their mentalities because people do change. Where I disagree is when you say that " It is not fair to keep them locked up in prison for the rest of their life with no parole based on a terrible decision they made as a teenager" because although one may have made a bad decision when they were young does not erase the fact that there are people dead because of what they did. My question is what happens if we lower the sentencing for juveniles and the murder rate starts to increase on teen killers, then what do we do. Although there is a lot of money spent on keeping murderers in prison that should not excuse the fact that that juvenile killed someone, and that not all the teens that kill people feel remorse. Juveniles do not deserve life in prison without parole but they surely do not deserve to walk free after completely destroying not only the deceased persons life but the life of that family.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say that juveniles do not deserve to be thrown into prison for the rest of their lives, and that they have the tendency to change their mentalities because people do change. Where I disagree is when you say that " It is not fair to keep them locked up in prison for the rest of their life with no parole based on a terrible decision they made as a teenager" because although one may have made a bad decision when they were young does not erase the fact that there are people dead because of what they did. My question is what happens if we lower the sentencing for juveniles and the murder rate starts to increase on teen killers, then what do we do. Although there is a lot of money spent on keeping murderers in prison that should not excuse the fact that that juvenile killed someone, and that not all the teens that kill people feel remorse. Juveniles do not deserve life in prison without parole but they surely do not deserve to walk free after completely destroying not only the deceased persons life but the life of that family.
ReplyDeleteJacob's standpoint is very similar to mine because we both agree on that juvenile should not be tried as an adult. Teens do make impulsive choice and this should be held against them. However they should be accountable for their actions. Although I do not get why you provided an information on how much money to keep kids in jail. I do not see how this will make your stand point stronger.
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