Adult Prisons: No Place for Kids. / J. Steven Smith.
by Smith, J. Steven; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 27Family. Publisher: USA Today (Magazine), 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Crime and age | Juvenile delinquency -- Age factors | Juvenile delinquents | Juvenile justice -- Administration of | Prison sentencesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Today, there are thousands of young people living desperate lives locked away in adult prisons. Across the nation, the U.S. Department of Justice estimates there were about 5,500 juveniles being held in adult prisons in the late 1990s. There is little doubt that there are more than that now. Additionally, there are over 9,000 youths being held in the nation's adult jails." (USA TODAY MAGAZINE) This article addresses the reasons for incarcerating juveniles in adult prisons and the problems this causes.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Adult Prisons: No Place for Kids, July 2002; pp. 34-35.
"Today, there are thousands of young people living desperate lives locked away in adult prisons. Across the nation, the U.S. Department of Justice estimates there were about 5,500 juveniles being held in adult prisons in the late 1990s. There is little doubt that there are more than that now. Additionally, there are over 9,000 youths being held in the nation's adult jails." (USA TODAY MAGAZINE) This article addresses the reasons for incarcerating juveniles in adult prisons and the problems this causes.
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