Introduction And First Body Paragraph

 Skylah Nix 

ENG 101 Section FY20 

Prof. Matayakubova 

                                            Adult Prison with Kids Inside It? 

        How would you react if you saw a young teen in an adult prison like Rikers Island? Would you feel shocked, angry, surprised, or happy? For a long time, teens and kids who commit crimes go to facilities and juvenile detention until they get their act together. They were never allowed to go to adult prison. That was until the case of Nathaniel Abraham who in 1999 was the first boy to get sentenced to adult prison for second degree murder. He was only 11 years old when he committed murder was tried as an adult. This case changed the history and sparked controversy on if it's ethical to send kids and teens to adult prison. A large amount of society believes that kids shouldn’t be sentenced to adult prison because they are young, and it sounds inhumane. However, some people believe that kids and teens who commit crimes should go to adult prison because if they do the crime then they serve the time. They believe that age shouldn’t be used as an excuse for the crimes they committed. I think that teens who commit crimes shouldn't be sentenced to adult prison. Going to an adult prison that young can badly alter their mind. There should be more programs to help kids who commit crimes and more positive police involvement to help keep teens off the streets and from doing crime.

        Adult prison is a facility where men and women aged 18 and above “are kept as punishment for a crime they have committed, or while they are awaiting trial.” (Oxford English Dictionary Outline 2023) When a person who is 18 years and above commits a crime they go to trial where they get sentenced. If they get a sentence of 2 years and above, they go to prison until their sentence is complete. Men and women in prison are kept in separate locations and they have to follow very strict rules that if not followed are faced with punishment. Guards and even inmates face verbal abuse, physical abuse, and unhealthy living conditions.