One reason is the changing definitions of "juvenile" since "legal age" has become eighteen, yet eighteen year olds are still not considered truly adults in the system in all areas. Another reason is the increasingly varied and serious crimes juveniles are becoming involved in today. When juveniles murder and commit armed robbery and are involved in serious drug dealing, the line is hard to draw. Some are simply too dangerous to place in existing juvenile detention systems or programs. It is a judicial problem.

well i'll give you a look at what it's changeing to in massachusetts. Boston mass roslindale 425 harvard st. i was there for 11 months when i was 14 for going on the run from being on probation for breaking into an icecream shop at 14 years old with someone that was 20 after smokeing pot at 3 in the morning. i'm from gloucester mass americas oldest sea port on a secluded island 30 miles north of boston and i lived with 29 people from inner boston. i went in with social anxiety issues i used to be physically paralysed to speak on occasion it was horrible the worst thing everr... i had nobody to relate to it's exactly like the middleton jail it has thick steel cell doors with a small window and theres always a light on. your locked into the room with people fight happen all the time theres crips, bloods, ms 13, latin king, asw, csg, lrg, and more gang members walking around smashing people with trays and kicking people heads into walls riots and other conflicts between the members. you are in last word at the staffs will wich it is actually required alot of the time and no getting off your bed after bed time. your basically ordered around all day and have no freedom it's a detention center. do you want that for your child? btw i'm almost 21