"). Adult brains are better in distinguishing the right from wrong in making a decision and can recognize any bad consequence of a certain action. As for children, they can't recognize that unless it becomes very obvious. Fortunately, there is a biological proof for this difference in brain functioning between adults and children. Scientists approved that the brain is made up of a part called "amygdala" which causes impulsive reactions and this part of the brain develops in an early stage ("Facts for Families Pages", 1). However, the other part, which is the frontal cortex and which is responsible for reasoning and helps individuals to evaluate their choices and notice the slightest errors, will develop in advanced stages of age ("Facts For Families Pages", 1). This part reforms itself during adulthood when the brain becomes fully grown (at age of 24-27). After acknowledgement of such true scientific facts, would anyone willingly punish a child as an adult? Thus, children are not mentally developed to make wise decisions .Even if they were to be driven to courts and treated just like adults; they won't be able to understand what is really going on. So it's always better to have a special effective treatment with kids. .
Moreover, young offenders shouldn't be put in adult prisons because this will destroy them. Actually, when kids serve their sentence in this dreary and merciless place, they are being put next to child assaulters and predators who were arrested to keep away from children. The little kid who is escorted into a scary metal cage with fear and loss in his eyes will get abused by other older, stronger, and more violent prisoners in this bleak and brutal world. For instance, A 15-year-old girl who ran away from home for one night, then returned voluntarily, was put in jail by a judge in southeastern Ohio to "teach her a lesson." She was an A student who had never been in trouble before.
