Life Behind Bars Research Paper

From the time that I turned eleven until this past year, have become accustomed to the bright red and blue lights of a patrol car outside of my house. I have learned the devastating effects of drug and alcohol abuse from witnessing my older brother’s tendencies to turn to substances in a desperate attempt to solve his problems. By the time my middle brother was sixteen years old, he had accumulated five felonies and had only finished three weeks of ninth grade. Now he is a twenty year old who has spent two years of his adult life behind bars. As a result, I have matured much faster than a majority of my peers as a result of witnessing the consequences that follow unwise decisions and how those consequences affect not only you, but those around