PieFedStates split on whether juvenile justice should prioritize punishment or rehabilitation
gAlienLifeformThis year, more than half a dozen states, including Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri and Utah, have passed new laws reshaping their juvenile legal systems. While some have adopted measures designed to divert more young people from incarceration, others have sought to impose stiffer penalties and expand prosecutors’ authority to pursue adult charges.
The opposite tacks underscore an increasingly fractured approach to juvenile justice nationwide.
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I like to think its always about rehabilitation but honestly punishment plays a part in that. Just being incarcerated is punishment though and trying to punish more by what. Doing cruel things ourselves. I don’t think food should be inadequate. Heck it should be healthy as possible but you don’t get extra calories type of punishment. Forced to do it like someone following a nutrisionist. These good for you things help with discipline and should reduce healthcare costs in prisons. Now I do think some can’t be rehabilitated but they would be older and repeat offenders. Then its not punishment but just containmnet in my view. Even then im not sure we can take repeat offenders under our current system because we don’t rehabilitate. healthy food, excersise, education. thats whats needed and people should not need to get arrested to get these things. when not in prison we should have snap for all, nice public areas, and there should be free education available to all at any age (ie in the us community colleges)