HB61

HB61

Kids being tried as adults

Maizy Kuzawa, FL, Moderate Democrat Alysia Dye, AL, Moderate ..unknown...

Purpose- The goals of this bill is to help children under the age of 18 not be tried as an adult. If kids act out in violent ways, don’t follow the rules etc, they won’t go to jail they will go to a Juvenile Detention Center. There, they will get the help they need while being punished. This will hopefully teach lessons to the kids who act out and change them in a better way. If they have to go to jail then this could cause problems such as the younger being picked on by the older and we don’t want that to happen. We don’t think that, that will be a proper lesson to teach to kids when they commit crimes. When the kids are put into a J.D.C, this will help the community and the schools from being harmed.

Eligibility- The people who will receive the services outlines in our bill is the kid who commits the crime because they are being punished and they are getting help. This will help the people in the community because they will be safer. It affects the kids in school from being harmed. It can also help the parents by putting less stress on them because they won’t have to worry about their kid hurting others etc. Terms and benefits- There is going to be people hired over the age of 21 and they can’t have bad records. The people who are for hire are going to get a serious background check. Some of the people hired will be used as extra guards. We are going to put the extra guards i Kids who are under the age of 18 will have to share cells so there will be more room for the others in the future to come. To be able to get the equipment we need and pay the people who are working at the J.D.C we need to make money. In order to make the money there will be ads put in the newspaper for parents to see; also putting up billboards, depending on the advertisement there will be added info about some of the crimes kids have done to raise awareness. Another way to make money is to have many fundraisers.

Fiscal Impact- By allowing more people to share a cell there is more room for those to come and that will help with the money situation of not having to buld more cells/space. The more people to come the more food and equipment etc, we need get. Since there are people working in the J.D.C of course they need to be paid also the people who do repairs, electrical etc, will have to be paid. The average amount of money for this will be $2,000 to about $5,000 depending on how many workers, how many kids etc; there is. I fthere is extra money then it will be saved up for the future. By making more money we will of course have more fundraisers etc. I personally think that this is a big issue and this is worth spending money on. I also think that legislatiors will agree that this is a big issue and that this is worth while and worth spending their money on. Eligibility-The worker has to have a key that has their identify on it so they can get into the building of the J.D.C or they will need a certain code. The guards and other people working there will need at least 2-3 drug tests a year to be sure that they aren’t doing anything wrong because if they are it can cause problems in the J.D.C. The people working such as the guards which are one of the most important will be paid $23.50 per hour. Whoever tried to apply to the job has to have a clean record, if not there can be exceptions made all depending on what the situation was etc. Some people who apply will have to have been a police for 4 years depending on what job they plan on doing. Some people can move to higher forces but that is up to the boss of the J.D.C