Browse Online NewsHour coverage of youth , the law and education . Based on information compiled by The Office of Juvenile Justice Programs in October of 1997, it was determined that there were 125,805 young persons assigned to 1,121 public and 2,310 private residential facilities. These numbers encompass both secured and non secured facilities. Two percent had been charged or adjudicated with homicide or murder. Nathaniel Abraham is now resident among this crowd.
Some sociologists feel that young people learn more from their peers than adults.
We'll certainly have the opportunity to find out how good Michigan's youth detention centers are in another 8 years when Nate is 21 and released, free and clear. Most juvenile offenders do not belong in the adult system, even most juvenile murderers. Kids may look like adults, act like adults, even shoot like adults, but they think like children. In a few selected cases, however, an adult penalty is justified. All Rights Reserved.