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... My opinions of Juvenile prisons In this assignment I will be addressing the issues regarding the success of juvenile prisons. I will be looking at the current and theoretical aims, objectives and whether or not they are achieving them. Are juvenile prisons there just their to punish or to reform. Also are juvenile prisons worth the tax payers' money, our money? I will also be commenting on secondary schemes like tagging and how other countries deal with rebellious juveniles. Fundamentally, the reason why children disobey the law, was it bad upbringing or wrong social circles? Children who break the law are not supposed to be treated as adults, since they are regarded as more amenable to change then adults. Children are regarded to have less responsibility for their actions. Juvenile prisons are there to hold juveniles who have broken the law. Fundamentally as a punishment so the crime they have committed, hence
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