Juvenile Criminals

Juvenile Criminals and Juvenile sentencing, what does all this mean? I think it means our government is too scared to make an effective deterrent from crime. If Juvenile offenders were forced to be in prison with their older counterparts, they wouldn't want to go to prison due to the horrors of real prison. This whole juvenile prison thing, states our government is too scared to put people in their place. I say, if they can do the crime like an adult they can do the time like an adult (with other adults too).