This is happening for two reasons. As the working class and even many middle-class people suffer, the ruling class needs to create new scapegoats to divert their growing anger. They are now pointing the finger at youth and saying that this is the group that is responsible for society's problems. Since young people have few legal rights, they become the perfect scapegoat. The second reason is that of direct profits.
Prisoners have a certain account of money to buy products in the jails.
This money doesn't just collect dust. The Corrections Corporation of America, whose revenue rose by 81 percent in 1995, is listed as one of the top 200 small businesses by Forbes magazine. Sending people to prison is creating a large market for capitalism. Sending young people to adult prison is ideal for the capitalists, who will do anything to make a profit. This March we must explain to people what is really behind this initiative and not let it become law.