"Research demonstrates that children in adult jails and lockups are five times as likely to be sexually assaulted, twice as likely to be beaten by staff, 50 percent more likely to be attacked with a weapon and eight times as likely to commit suicide as children confined in juvenile facilities. In addition, the research shows that transferring children from juvenile court to adult court does not decrease recidivism, and in fact actually increases crime."
http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/issues/adultjails/
this article that i found relates to the book because Kevin keeps getting in trouble and everyone keeps saying that he is going to the real jail. not just staying in the box at the juvenile detention center. Kevin already is suicidal, so i dont think him going to real jail would help his life. if anything it would end it.
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