Kids in the Hole. Matt Olson.
by Olson, Matt; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 34Family. Publisher: Progressive, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Crime and age | Juvenile delinquency -- Age factors | Juvenile delinquents | Juvenile justice -- Administration of | Prison sentences | Prisoners -- Treatment | Prisons -- Security measures | Solitary confinement | Violent crimesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Under California's Proposition 21, anyone over the age of fourteen who is accused of a violent crime must be tried as an adult and is 'unfit' to be tried as a juvenile. At the discretion of the presiding judge, a child being tried as an adult--an 'unfit' as they are called--may be sent to an adult jail. And upon the recommendation of the county probation department, any kid in juvenile hall--regardless of age--can be remanded to adult jail....Once they are sent there, state and federal law says they must be kept out of sight and sound of the adult prisoners. But there are no separate facilities for children. So in the name of safety, children are often being placed in some of the harshest conditions in the state--what amounts to solitary confinement." (PROGRESSIVE) This article examines the psychological effects the harsh prison conditions and solitary confinement have on these youthful offenders.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: Kids in the Hole, Aug. 2003; pp. 26-29.
"Under California's Proposition 21, anyone over the age of fourteen who is accused of a violent crime must be tried as an adult and is 'unfit' to be tried as a juvenile. At the discretion of the presiding judge, a child being tried as an adult--an 'unfit' as they are called--may be sent to an adult jail. And upon the recommendation of the county probation department, any kid in juvenile hall--regardless of age--can be remanded to adult jail....Once they are sent there, state and federal law says they must be kept out of sight and sound of the adult prisoners. But there are no separate facilities for children. So in the name of safety, children are often being placed in some of the harshest conditions in the state--what amounts to solitary confinement." (PROGRESSIVE) This article examines the psychological effects the harsh prison conditions and solitary confinement have on these youthful offenders.
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