Is There Justice for Juveniles Article

Directions: Follow the hyperlink to the article entitled "Is There Justice for Juveniles" & after reading the article answer the following questions in the RESPONSES section of your notebook. You DO NOT have to write the questions but you must answer in complete sentences.


http://www.layouth.com/is-there-justice-for-juveniles/

1. Who is the author of this article and how old is he?
2. In the first section of this reading, what is the author most upset about?
3. What is Proposition 21?
4. In the second section titled "On the wrong side of the system" what was the author's purpose in talking about the street poets?
5. "As I spoke to the Street Poets, I think the most important question I asked them was, how did it feel to lose your freedom."  How did the street poets respond to the author's question?
6. In the third section titled "It’s do or die in adult prison" according to the author, what's wrong with placing juveniles in adult prisons?
7. In the sections titled "Something beautiful to look at" can juveniles be rehabilitated?  What is "DreamYard"?
8. In the section titled "We need to fix what’s broken" what valid points are being argued?
9. According to the last paragraph titled "What Prop. 21 would do" what is wrong with prop 21? Explain.