Some
people say jail is not the right place for children who disobey the law to stay
because it’s a dull and negative environment. Some people even say a child
could just be an accomplice of a bigger person. So how come unlawful children
should remain in prison despite the Special Child Protection Act?
Republic Act. No. 9344, an act establishing a
comprehensive juvenile justice and welfare system, creating the juvenile
justice and welfare council under the Department of Justice, appropriating
funds therefore and for other purposes. It states that children are not to be
abused and or neglected inspite of the Special Child Protection Act. But it
also states that justice is to be served. A person who commits crimes are
criminals, young or old. If a child can kill, then so can an adult. If a child
who disobeys the law is left without justice then chances are that child could
do it again. Jails provide discipline that is mostly needed by children. If a
child is disciplined then that child can identify what is right from wrong. So
a child can be imprisoned but with proper surveillance.
No
criminal should get away with their crimes even if that person is just a child
who is an accomplice of a bigger person. Most cases show that the mastermind
bribes children into doing their dirty work. When the child accepts the
bribery, that means that child agreed to all the tasks given by the head. So
that child agrees to committing crime. It is also possible for the mastermind
to bribe the child with drugs to do certain tasks. A Florida mom and dad were
arrested for allegedly bribing their kids to do their chores and do well in
school. According to Gawker, Joey and Chad Mudd were arrested on Monday after
they allegedly told police that they bribe their two daughters with drugs to
get them to do their chores and do well in school. Justice is to be served to
both mastermind and children.
Children
may not be so innocent after all. There are cases all over the world that include
children involved in gruesome murders and theft. One of the cases happened on June 1, 2004, an
11-year-old schoolgirl, best known as "Girl A", murdered her
12-year-old classmate, Satomi Mitarai, in an empty classroom during lunch at an
elementary school in Japan. In the attack, Girl A slit Mitarai's throat and
arms with a utility knife. She then left Mitarai's body at the murder scene and
returned to class with her clothes covered in blood. Girl A wasn’t sent to
prison because Japan doesn’t take minors to jail. Everybody may have violent
impulses but obviously this girl can’t control it. Since she’s free, this uncontrollable
impulse of hers may return which may lead her to do another violent action. If
this law continues, children will depend on the law to liberate them even if
their crime is mature enough to let the doer sent to prison. Children may abuse
this law and go on doing violent and abusive actions.
Therefore, a
child who commits crime should stay in jail but with proper surveillance. A child
who accepts tasks from a mastermind is willing to do the dirty job. Children
can be capable of making decisions and doing things on their own will. If a
child criminal were to escape, chances are that child is influenced by wrong
doings which makes him or her even more dangerous. Parents of these children
might be the reason why they turned out to be that way, their parents should do
their part and raise their children right to avoid any illegal incidents.
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