Summary: Prison Is Too Violent For Young Offenders

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With an adult punishment the children are sentenced to life in a prison. Minors seek safety and buddy off with inmates and soon after being around their "friends" too long the bad habits soon rub off. After peer pressure of the inmates the minors soon believe this is normal and okay, leaving them to grow up with a bad perspective about life. "Prison is too Violent for Young Offenders" Gary Scott describes how mines soak up the negative influences, "Young prisoners are more susceptible to negative influences than adults." Even in school children often find friends no matter how they treat them. Friends make them feel comforted and safe in the harsh environment Children everywhere emulate the people they hangout with, in a prison the children

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