Clayton's experince to Juvinile Court. Sunday, July 15, 2007
First i would like to say that the Peer Group Adviser Programme has been an enriching and memorable one as it has given the opportunity to step foot into the Juvinile Court .
My Reflection : After the day i went to Juvinile Court i felt like a changed person as i was one of the privilage few who was given to opportunity to actually get a chance to see what happens in the Juvinile Court and the consequnces this juvinile faces.
What is a Juvinile?
A Juvinile is someone who is under the age of 16 breaking the law. One shocking fact that i found out during the Peer Group Adviser programme is that if you commited a crime at for example at age 15 but you were only caught when you were 16, you will not be sent to the Juvinile Court but the Subordinate Court .
What do i think of there Juviniles?
Personally i think that every single Juvnile are just like us just that they have taken the wrong path which has lend them in court , i personally feel sorry for them except for some , the reason is because even till that point they were in some of them showed no remorse while you could tell from the facial expression that they really regretted their choices but at the end of the day all of them will have to face the consequences of their action. There are some who i do not feel sorry for as they have repeated the same mistake over and over again and there was no change.
Do i think the punishment of the judge sentence harsh?
My answer would be No. I feel that for every action that these juviniles did they should face the consequnces as the action has already been done. The punishment are Probation , Detentions and the worse is Youth Prison or also know as boys/girls home. For lighter offences the juvinile will most likely ger probation which is something like a home quarentine and the more servere punishment is Youth Prison which once you are sentence to , the minimum time is 2 years.
The seriousness of the Court .
will go to youth prison for two weeks to see how it is like in youth prisonThe court is not a placed to be fool around with. When i first stepped into court i noticed a room and found out that the room is actually where all the juviniles are waiting to be sentences unless they are on bail.IF you commited an offence you will be SUMMONED to court and the juvinile and both parents must turn up unless one of the parent has passed away or they are divorced , failing to do so the parent who is not present on the summoned day will be sent to jail.Another example of the seriousness of the court is on the day you attend court and plead guilty and after tge offence has been announced you will be put to remand where you .
