The article "Locked Up Potential" provides not only a glimpse into the horrific treatment of youth in California's prisons, but an optimistic outlook for the rehabilitation of prison youth; it does this with the story of Jacquinn Scales and his mentor Muhammad, a man who epitomizes what's good about humanity through his unselfish, caring actions. Jacquinn Scales entered "the system," jail, when he was only 16-years-old and often "spent months locked down 23 hours a day." The article also describes that many young people, once they leave California's jail system (the most violent in the n…
