Underage Delinquents In Prison
Throughout the years teenagers have been committing dangerous and extreme crimes that has led to be convicted in a judicial court as an adult. These teenagers have received life sentences with the possibility of no parole along with counseling and rehabilitation. Many believe that putting an adolescent in prison with a life sentence is a cruel and unfair punishment. In the past couple of years, the law changed to place underage delinquents in rehabilitation centers or juvenile hall for no more than a year rather than prison. Placing a youth in a prison is said to have a negative affect on the child, making parents afraid to have their teenagers locked away, even after committing heinous crimes.
Nevertheless, adolescents have been committing …show more content…
For example, In 1998 my parents moved into an apartment complex that later became a crime scene for a murder committed by our neighbor’s teenage son. , one of the tenants had a son who was very fond of the horror film Scream. Seventeen-year-old Mario Padilla planned a mass murder along with his 16-year-old cousin, Samuel Ramirez, influenced by the horror film Scream. Mario fantasized about having the costume to reenact the movie, so he returned home to steal his mother’s money. When the 17 year old and his cousin walked into the house and saw his mother, they stabbed her numerous times until she bled to death. Mario received a life sentence without parole and Samuel was sentence to 25 years in …show more content…
After being let out of his 6 months sentence in a juvenile center he’s been back at school and join high school’s baseball team to keep him out of trouble and on track. Shortly after being released of his 6 months sentence, he’s been on house arrest numerous times. He has not attended a baseball practice once since he was let out and has been getting into trouble with the law once again. Juvenile centers might seem like the answer in helping the adolescents become better people, but once they are out they will be returning back very soon. Rather than learning their lessons teenagers tend to fall in temptation and can’t help but do it again. It’s like an addiction, they get accustomed to the rush that they get from committing a crime only making them do wrong and return back to the detention
Nevertheless, adolescents have been committing …show more content…
For example, In 1998 my parents moved into an apartment complex that later became a crime scene for a murder committed by our neighbor’s teenage son. , one of the tenants had a son who was very fond of the horror film Scream. Seventeen-year-old Mario Padilla planned a mass murder along with his 16-year-old cousin, Samuel Ramirez, influenced by the horror film Scream. Mario fantasized about having the costume to reenact the movie, so he returned home to steal his mother’s money. When the 17 year old and his cousin walked into the house and saw his mother, they stabbed her numerous times until she bled to death. Mario received a life sentence without parole and Samuel was sentence to 25 years in …show more content…
After being let out of his 6 months sentence in a juvenile center he’s been back at school and join high school’s baseball team to keep him out of trouble and on track. Shortly after being released of his 6 months sentence, he’s been on house arrest numerous times. He has not attended a baseball practice once since he was let out and has been getting into trouble with the law once again. Juvenile centers might seem like the answer in helping the adolescents become better people, but once they are out they will be returning back very soon. Rather than learning their lessons teenagers tend to fall in temptation and can’t help but do it again. It’s like an addiction, they get accustomed to the rush that they get from committing a crime only making them do wrong and return back to the detention