My Internship With Juvenile Probation - 3214 Words

During the last weeks of Winter break the dread of the spring semester starting, I wondered what my internship with Juvenile Probation was going to be like. Now after an entire semester working with the agency, I know that this is what my career is going to be. The one thing that stuck with me is that all of youth that have found themselves into this system, all get what is being said. But not all of know how to apply the knowledge that was given. Which brought me to the conclusion; all of these youth need our help. Even if they do not take what was provided at that moment in time, you must be there for them once they return to accept it. The youth is the driving force of the future, without the next generation nothing can be done to†¦show more content†¦And that’s what this job is all about.† From that moment on, I was focused on finding ways to help the youth that walk in through the doors of Juvenile Probation. Before this internship I have only had examples and theories I have learned in classes that explained what I must do as a Probation Officer. No one knows what someone is going through other than that person, or if said person informs another on what is going on. After this experience with Juvenile Probation I am now able to understand that everyone is different, and I cannot judge any of the youth that walk in but must extend all of the powers that I can to help. Which is why the problem of the School-to-Prison Pipeline was chosen as my paper topic. Youth all across the United States have been effected by this ongoing problem. The unfair ruling that has taken youth out of school and introduced them to the criminal justice system. It is time to end this horrible policy before it effects anyone else. The implementation of a new system that does not take away these youth’s lives, but instead helps find out what the problems are an work with the youth in correcting it. Moreover, a ll of the Probation Officer that have been interviewed during my course at Juvenile Probation all stated that they cannot relate to these youth. When they cannot relate with the youth on their caseload, empathy becomes the tool that is used. There might be something that is found to