Teenagers should never be put in prison with adults no matter how serious their crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Part of the population believes that children who commit serious crimes should be punished severely and, in some cases, should even share jail with

adult

prisoners,

while

others defend that, independently of how serious the crime was, children should never be put in prison with

adults

.

This

essay will discuss both perspectives and express an opinion in the

last

paragraph. On the one hand,

adult's

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prisons are considered extremely rigorous and part of the

teenagers

who are engaged in criminal activities are afraid of being put in

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adult's

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prisonal system.

Therefore

, people who support the idea of not separating young people from

adults

claim that

this

measure can be used as an efficient message to prevent

youngsters

from taking their chances accepting and participating in criminal activities.

For instance

, a study published

last

year, in Denmark, showed that countries

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do not separate

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from

adults

in their

prisonal

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personal

prison

systems tend to have

less

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percentage of teens committing crimes in comparison to countries where

teenagers

had

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their own

prisonal

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personal

prison

system.

Nevertheless

, it is important to comment that studies in psychology

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already proven that someone can be permanently influenced by their peers,

therefore

, putting

youngsters

in

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prisons, sharing the same routine and activities can affect their chances

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a regular life far from the criminality afterwards. To illustrate that situation, in India, where

teenagers

share prison with

adults

, sixty-three per cent of former

youngsters

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prisoners are recruited

in

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some criminal organization.

This

phenomenon can be explained because teens are persuaded and taught to

maitain

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maintain

their lives not respecting the rules and the law.

To conclude

,

althought

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although

deciding what to do with

youngsters

regarding penalties and punishments is a delicate matter, I tend to believe that the benefits of letting

teenagers

share a prison with

adults

pale in comparison to the drawbacks because it might prevent them

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their behaviour and start a new life after the jail period.