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Prison Reform Essay In the book Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, Steve was on trial for being a look out for a robbery that ended in murder. The book followed him during his time in prison, his protection and recorded his experience. It told about the struggles of being a teen in prison, but being tried as an adult. Through the book and later articles, many discussions came up. Things like concerns about all of the problems with prisons. Three major issues that arose were the prediction, the prison conditions, and rehabilitations for criminals with mental problems. Teens that are trail for serious matters such as murder are tried as adults even if they are quite young. In one article that was read, explained how through research the professor came to the conclusion that teen brains are not fully developed. He stated that teen brains lose 1 to 2 percent of grey matter as they grow and get older. (Startling finds on teenage brains, Paragraph seven.) It was trying to prove that teen criminals should not be tried as adults because as study shows they are not yet adults mentally. This was show though Steve’s screenplay and information given about Daniel Marsh another teen on trial for murder. It seems some changes need to be made about the protection of teens. A huge controversial topic is the death penalty. It seems hypocritical to kill someone for murdering someone else.Some people believe this penalty is helping our government and …show more content…

People were mostly concerned about how the bathrooms were not private at all. But a major and more important topic, which was the most surprising, was how unsafe prisons are. The guards don't seem to care fights so it is a very dangerous place to be. Throughout Steve's journal he talked about how scared he was for his life. Prison is place where dangerous criminals are put to keep citizens safe but does nobody care at all for the crimes. Prison also needs to be safe for the people

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