This week we take a second look at the social nature of juveniles serving hard time for long periods of time. Many of the juveniles are sentenced to life without parole in adult prison populations as though some magic wand turned them from kid to adult on one special day. They are suddenly integrated with felons that have spent decades in prison.

Click on and watch the top link first and as you watch the second video think of the developmental stage that these boys are in when they are sentenced to long hard time in adult prison with adults that have often been sentenced to life for heinous crimes with no chance of parole.
Comment on the any of the points that you see in this scenarios and whether you see this as juvenile justice that serves the greater good for society.

1. Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WSU-KY69zw&list=PLTRe-namAvFUAjMKDoxjJoXclQcETCBY3

2. Teenagers Serving LIfe  Without Parole In Maximum Security Prison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDJBmQrKpfk