In the United States, there are 65,000 minors who are incarcerated. Children as young as 9 years old can be arrested and sent to prison. This country is the only one that has not ratified the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and treats its children as adults in the justice system. Many minors are held in adult prisons, but most are sent to juvenile facilities. Our team had the opportunity to visit two of these facilities, one in Texas and the other in Utah.
