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Why can't a 16 year old go to jail?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

In some countries the legal age of adult-hood is 21 and others its 18, you must be a legal adult to go to "jail" or prison, anyone under these ages in their respective countries will end up in a juvenile detention centre which is like a prison but for those under the ages of adult-hood. that is why a 16 yo cant go to "jail"

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16y ago

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