Criminology

Kids Who Face Criminal Charges Are More Likely To Die Young

The horrors juveniles suffer in adults prisons -- including high recidivism rates and the abuse they suffer at the hands of correctional officers and fellow prisoners -- has been well-documented, in this publication and others.

But sadly, these juveniles' lives are in danger long before they ever reach a cell block. Young offenders who are transferred to adult court are three times more likely to die early than someone of the same age in the general population, according to a longitudinal study published this month in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.