Custody for Youth
Should custody for youth be the last resort? I agree that it should be used for the last resort. Here are some of my reasons why I agree that prison should be the last resort for youth.
My main reason is that if it’s their first time ever committing a crime and it’s not a crime that’s harmful to people or other things, if it’s their first crime they would have to take classes and do the processes so they won’t have to go to jail and deal with court. They would also start to miss society and interacting with friends and their family members would start to miss them and they would start to miss their family members if they do not visit them while they are in jail or If it’s there first crime they have ever done they should get another chance to make up the things they have done. They should also get another chance so people won’t think they are juvenile delinquents.
Also it would cost a lot of money per year to keep someone in jail. Also if they person is highly dangerous they could come out earlier if people don’t pay to keep them in a jail cell. The person is innocent they could still be charged guilty , if they go to jail they could actually come out bad and make the society look bad in front of other societies. Also the criminal justice system might not work for them in jail and you could make them do community service instead of jail.
Some people if they go to jail they might come out the same as when they went in and they would make the people in the society scared of the person that just got out of jail
By: Gabby
