Newspaper Article The Criminal Justice System

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There have been calls for criminal justice reforms involving juveniles in adult trials and jails, where there is a risk of their well-being is undermined. Ramey’s article in the Wall Street Journal focuses on New York’s proposed changes to delay moving 16 and 17-year-old from Riker’s island jail with adult criminals to other facilities in the city. There is support among city officials and juvenile-justice advocates for criminal justice reforms, but issues have been raised about how to address transition as there was no proper planning to move the juveniles to other facilities (Ramey, 2018). Among the mix members of the New York City Council who requested a delay in the decision on the matter, and the correctional officers, there would be extra need for housing and better planning, which had been ignored.
The criminal justice system has failed juveniles and while 16 and 17 year olds are almost the age of majority for the youth at risk in the adult jails, there are few chances for the rehabilitation. The issue of where to house juvenile offenders is a matter of social justice, but if the correction officers are not properly informed and trained to handle the youth, this will create more problems wherever the juveniles are housed (Ramey, 2018). While the article highlights the perspective of New York City Council and members in the juvenile-justice committee to delay changes from moving the juveniles from Rikers, there is no mention how such policies have worked in other places.
Reforms in the penitentiary system are necessary to reduce overcrowding, but as the newspaper article shows that there is a need to consult various stakeholders and be better prepared to implement changes. There is a higher risk of recidivism when the youths are not reintegrated in the society. Even as there is recognition that adolescents should be treated different than the adults they are still in the same standard as the incarcerated adults (Cohen, 2018). Practices from the adult criminal justice system are common in the juvenile justice system, yet reforming the juvenile justice policies and practices would improve the well-being of juveniles without overburdening the criminal justice system where the courts and police would integrate more appropriate practices and policies (Arnett, 2018).
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