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Student X
Student X
A fiction short story based on a child separated from his parents at a young age and how it affects him as he gets older.
“No stop, don't take her too,” Adam yells. His mom cries while pulling the officer
“He can't lose me please let me go” Adam's mom screams.
Adam flashes back to reality. The tone of the Supporting Young Adults Agency woman fades back into Adam's head.
“Today we will drive you over to the apartment that we set up for you. Are you still working at the shop down the road?” Alicia the agency woman asks while writing in her book.
“Yeah,” Adam says dryly as he stands up to leave the office.
“I know this is a hard day for you, but look on the bright side you are free from all the set rules of the Agency,” Alicia says with excitement as she and Adam walk out of the room.
Adam has never been a happy kid, he always wanted to leave the Agency so he could try to live normally again. Once he turned 18 he turned in his papers right away so he could get a release day. He was separated from his parents when he was 5. First his dad, who was taken from the mall on a rainy Saturday morning, accused of robbing that same store they were in a few weeks before. Then a few months later his mom was taken from their small house in North Carolina for robbery.
Rain tapped gently across the car windows, the sun started to set and the street lights started to blur. He was shaking with nervousness as he saw the blurry apartment coming up on the left. He was excited that he was finally getting out of the Agency but also was incredibly nervous for this new chapter of his life.
“You ready?”Alicia says
“Kinda ya,”Adam mumbles
“You’ll be just fine follow me” Alicia says while getting up
Adam follows her as they walk into the cold apartment.
“Here it is!” Alicia excitedly says as she walks Adam through the Apartments
“Wow, this is nice,” Adam says. He walks through this apartment imagining what life will turn into. There was a small mirror on the wall that he looked into in passing, imagining his father.
“I'm proud of you son”. Adam hears
Adam quickly turned away from the mirror and took a deep breath
“Ok Adam ill come to check on you in a few days to see how you're doing, be safe!” Alicia yells as she's walking out the front door back into the rain. He sees her headlights pulling out of the driveway and is officially alone. Adam turns off the lights in the kitchen and starts to make his way to the bedroom to lay down and go to sleep.
Adams dream begins
“Sir, sit down as I look over these papers.” The judge says
“Yes, your honor." Adams father named Jack says
“Accused of robbery, am I right?”
“ Yes but sir..” Jack tries to speak
“No you were asked a yes or no answer you have no right to say anything else.” The judge says rudely
“Will you lawyer be attending this court?” The judge asks
“No your honor, I can not afford a lawyer at this time.” Jack says
The court room is quiet while the Judge continues to be really rude to father
“Guilty.” The judge yells after a short decision.
“But I didn't even get to explain myself.” Jack yells while the guards take him to the back.
My mother cries in the back so no one sees her. Jack was soon taken to a private prison because the public prisons were full.
The sun begins to rise as Adam wakes up from his dream.
“Not a good way to start my morning.” Adam mumbles to himself as he walks in the kitchen. While looking around he realized there were only apples laying on the table. He remembered that Alicia told him he would have to go shopping. He changed, put on his sneakers, grabbed the keys and left. He started walking to the store and saw an old park he and his parents used to go to, he sighed in sadness and kept walking. The store appeared in the distance.
“Hi, how are you? I haven't seen you in so long.” A man named Josh said with a smirk.
“I'm good, how are you?” Adam says while trying to figure out why this man looks so familiar.
It was his dads friend that was with him during the robbery, Adam walks away before he can hear the man answer. This man was arrested with Adam's father but was quickly released because of the fair trial he received. Adams' father was not given the same treatment in the court. Adam walks angrily up to the man and punches him right in the face. The man gets up and a battle begins.
The cops arrive and take Adam and Josh into custody. The store employee begins to explain what was happening as two cop cars drive away with Adam in one and Josh in the other. They arrive at a packed jail and both of them sit down.
“So what happened?” the cop says.
“He should be in jail.” Adam yells
“What did I do” Jack says
“You were with my father when he was taken. You got off with a warning and he was sent to jail” Adam yells
“Not my fault your father couldn't defend himself.” Jack says while laughing.
The cops take Jack away and Adam gets put in the holding room.
“How old are you?” The cops asks
“18” Adam says
“Because you're 18 I'm going to need to put you in a holding cell until you're bailed out.”
Adam sighs and walks to the cell with the cop as he asks if he wants to make a phone call. Adam agrees and calls Alicia .
“Hello, who is this?” Alicia says while she answers.
“It's Adam, I got arrested."Adam says quickly
“I'm coming down now.” Alicia says
Adam can hear her open the door as she hangs up. She gets to the jail to see what happens. She gets Adam out on a warning and explains that his anger of not having his parents around can't be taken out on other people.
“Many children follow their parents' footsteps, but I will not let that happen to you.” she tells him as they drive off into the night.
Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Thesis
Prison systems in the United States are unjust because they engage in unfair treatments of prisoners, strain family relationships and sometimes imprison people unfairly. Overall the way the criminal justice system is run it is not fair to all.
Annotated Bibliography
Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame. Chain-Gang All-Stars. Vintage Books, 2023.
Chain-Gang All-Stars is written by Adjei-Brenyah. In Chain Gang All Stars, the characters make the main idea of how absurd the criminal justice system is. Charters like Loretta Thurwar and also Hamara who is known as “Hurricane Staxxx” fight in a high intense game in submission to prison. This game is very controversial towards the community because some people believe this game should not be going on and killing should not be a show and some other people believe it is entertaining and don't want it to end. The author uses pathos to show the value of life that each character has. This is a dystopian criminal justice system that makes the reader wonder what lengths people in the real world would go to if it meant getting out of prison. I will use this throughout my writing to show the bad parts of the criminal justice system.
Finely, Eric. “Incarceration is a Vicious Cycle.” Prison Journalist Project, December 1 2021.
This article was written by Eric Finely. He talks about crime rates and the cycle of families going to prison and how going to prison can affect your family. As we see children are taught habits from a young age and taught what is wrong and what is right. When a family goes to prison and leaves their children it can cause damage to the relationship and your mental health.I will be using this in my writing to show that your mental health may be affected being taken away from the people you love can hurt you physically and mentally which is not good. Another way I will use this article in my writing is to show relationship issues through people's anger in prisons. This is a credible source because the author uses real life experience of prisoners.
Lantigua-Williams, Juleyka. “Feds End Use of Private Prisons, but Questions Remain.” The Atlantic, August 18, 2016.
In this article Juleyka Lantigua-Williams argues that private prisons aren’t as good as public prisons because they do not help the prisoners well and do not treat them well. The private prisons aren't as good because they aren't as unsafe as public prisons . Her overall statement explains why private prisons should be removed. She believes they simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources, they don't save substantially on costs, they do not maintain the same level of safety and security. The rehabilitative services that other prisons have such as educational programs and job training, have proved difficult to replicate and outsource, and these services are essential to reducing recidivism and improving public safety. It also allows prisoners to learn from their mistakes and keep them up to date on how you should be working every day. Although private prisons seem nice they don't help prisoners get better they just hold them in hope they will learn from their mistakes and not do bad things once they are relocated. which doesn't work. I will use this in my writing to prove the unfairness of the criminal justice system and to show the way prisoners are treated.
Moore Kenneth. “Mass incarceration" prison journalism project, April 27 2021. Page 1.
Moore Kenneth writes about over populated prisons that are starting to look like business. the confinement of those within.Cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars to provide and care for those on the inside,Under performed schools, vocational trades, and rehabilitation Due to the limited staff to supervise,Neutral treatment due to the large demand of the General Population. People in prison are not getting the attention and care they need.He explains that prison is separating people and making them pay money just to see the family they were separated from. This is a big financial burden on many families that can not afford the bail proposed.This prison mass incarceration causes confinement of family members and real life experience. I will use this article in my essay to show more about family separation and how it is caused. I will also explain why the criminal justice system is unfair for those with not big crimes.
Staubach, Alexandria. “New report assesses Wisconsin's criminal justice system, finds persistent troubling trends.” Wisconsin justice inactive, May 6th 2026.
This article was written by Lantiga- Williams he talks about the criminal justice system and how crime rates have dropped. This article used logos to give data about prisons and how supervision is a way to stop crimes. When the crime rates dropped, supervision continued and more crimes came from adults, not kids. This may seem like crazy information to some because lots of crimes are committed by young adults, which data in the article points out. But the author of this article proves that once there is more supervision of children and or young adults, crimes fall more towards old adults. I will use this in my writing to prove how different support systems can provide children of bad families to not fall into their parents' footsteps. I will also use this article to prove the effect of influence of older people on young children and or young adults, and how crime rates and stereotypes can affect how a person lives.
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