Today, in After, the main character Devon experienced her first day in juvenile detention. While she goes about, in the court room, through the halls and in her room, she is experiencing post-birth. The bleeding, the milk, and the emotions have caused her much embarrassment. Devon is scared. She has never done anything wrong in her life, she has perfect report cards, the teachers love her, she helps her mother around the house, and now she could possibly be facing five years of prison. With the possibility of being tried as an adult with the charges of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, Abandonment of a Dependent Person in the Second Degree, Criminal Mistreatment in the Second Degree, and Assault in the Third Degree, she has no recollection of any of it. She has met her lawyer and her psychiatrist, who are both willing to help her, but Devon is to confused to function in all of this.
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