Correctional Dispositional Plan for a Juvenile

Correctional Dispositional Plan for a Juvenile

For my correctional dispositional plan, I chose Rolon from the Second Chance Kids.

Summary of the Outcome of the Adjudication Process

The outcome of the Commonwealth v. Antony Rolon of Massachusetts was an assertion of parole for juvenile offenders. During the second chance hearing, Antony argues in court that he is supposed to be released from prison since he had already served 18 years of imprisonment since the court found him guilty of murder while he was a 17-year-old teenager (Justia.com, 2021). However, the family of the murdered victim argued before the court that Rolon should remain in prison since no parole is granted for juvenile murder cases.  The family told the court that giving the offender a second chance would lead to reoffending. In its decisions, the court ruled that doing away with parole for juveniles was unconstitutional. Therefore, juveniles were still eligible for parole.

Treatment of the Juvenile

The Juvenile Rolon was convicted of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1997. However, in 2014, the Supreme Court in Massachusetts noted that juveniles should be given parole, contrary to the courts’ decisions when it came to juvenile cases. Just like Rolon, Many juveniles have been convicted in murder cases (Justia.com, 2021). They were serving life imprisonment because the courts decided to sentence them to life imprisonment without parole to discourage such actions and also severe as an example to others. However, after the 014 Supreme Court decisions, many of the sentenced juveniles were released on the basis that denying the juvenile’s parole was constitutional. Rolon had served 18 years in prison and had been denied a chance for parole (Justia.com, 2021). He had also been denied an opportunity to participate in job training, rehabilitation, counseling, and more.

Law Enforcement and the Courts’ Interaction With the Offender

The law enforcement interacted with Rolon in different ways as a juvenile. First, the law enforcers and the police department arrested Rolon like any other and gave way to investigations. Rolon was in police custody but in a different environment than that of the adults. Rolon was taken to the Juvenile courts, unlike when he could be an adult. It is in the Juvenile court that he was awarded life imprisonment (Griffith et al., 2021). The court handed him this sentence based on the fact that he was a juvenile. Thus, the law enforcement and the courts treated him as a juvenile, although the life improvement was like that of the adults because there was no parole.

Risk Factors in the Assessment

In assessing Rolon, there are a number of risk factors that need to be taken care of. First is the level of supervision. The assessors should determine the supervision level needed to assess this person before accurately releasing him from imprisonment. It is essential to know and understand the supervision level to gauge whether the offender is eligible to be released (Campbell et al., 2018). Secondly is the behavioral change; the assessors should check whether the offender is displaying the behavior. Another risk factor during the assessment is the service needs during the re-entry into society and aftercare. He should be provided with his needs.

The Combination of Factors

The factors behind locking the juvenile in life imprisonment were that the U.S. was undergoing a difficult time where the issues of drug tracking and selling were rising and becoming familiar. Thus, the correction system’s strategy was lie imprisonment without parole to discourage other offenders from committing offenses (Justia.com, 2021). All courts across the U.S. sentenced young people to life imprisonment without knowing that it was against the Constitution. This decision of the Supreme Court came as a shocker to many, and this was the time people knew that it was unconstitutional to deny juvenile parole.

Recommend Two Alternative Correctional Strategies

Probation/Community Corrections – is one of the different alternatives to incarceration, which refers to keeping the offender in the community but puts obligations and limits to their freedom.

Community Service – Community service and an alternative to incarceration is the unpaid community work by the offender for civic or even non-profit organizations.

Monitoring the Juvenile

In monitoring and measuring juvenile progress, I would assess the degree of behavior change. If there is a positive in the behavior change, I would know that the person is reforming. Secondly, I would gauge the level of cooperation of the juvenile. If the juvenile displays a good level of willingness and collaboration, then I would know that they have made good progress.

References

Campbell, C et al., (2018). Risk Assessment and Juvenile Justice. Criminology & Public Policy 17(3). DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12377

Griffith, N., et al. (2021). Ch.15 Service and Treatment Plans. National Institute correction. Retrieved from  https://info.nicic.gov/dtg/node/20

Justia.com. (2021). Commonwealth vs. Anthony Rolon. Retrieved from https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-court/volumes/438/438mass808.html

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Scenario: You are a juvenile corrections officer tasked with making recommendations to a judge for a juvenile’s entire course of treatment. You can advise on the sanctions they should receive, the components of their correctional treatment, the programs, training, or institutions that should assist them, any alternatives or special conditions to consider, and terms for their aftercare and transition back into the community.

Correctional Dispositional Plan for a Juvenile

Write a 525- to 700-word correctional dispositional plan for a juvenile. On Anthony Rolon from Second Chance Kids.

Note: If you choose an example with a known correctional plan, do not propose the same plan from the original case study. Make your own recommendations for a different process for the juvenile’s treatment.

Complete the following in your recommended plan for the juvenile:
Summarize the outcome of the adjudication process and the disposition in this case.
Describe the treatment of the juvenile in this situation.
Explain how law enforcement and the courts might have interacted differently with this person as a juvenile than if he or she had been an adult.
Explain the risk factors that need to be considered in the assessment of this juvenile.
Explain how the combination of factors considered in this case was connected and influenced the original outcome, if at all.
List any additional information you would like to have before considering other correctional treatments for the juvenile.
Recommend 2 alternative correctional strategies for this juvenile: 1 that includes a correctional program that exists in your state and 1 other potential option.
Explain how you could monitor, measure, report, and support the juvenile’s progress through treatment.
Justify your plan with evidence that supports your recommendations.