; she had emergency surgery after herniating two discs and nearly severing her spinal cord, perBuzzFeed News possess a mental-health condition, compared to 7 to 17% of general-population youth who live with one, as cited by a paper last year in theRhode Island Medical Journal Health care in juvenile justice facilities is not perfect, but reform is possible. By reforming the way schools rehabilitate and discipline justice-involved youth, the number of youth entering prison with unmet mental-health needs can be reduced drastically. According to Fettig, most “[juvenile] institutions...are are not set up as mental-health institutions. The staff are very rarely given the training that they need to deal with children who have serious mental-health issues and behavioral problems. You see children being placed in solitary confinement, being restrained, kids being subjected to corporal punishment — when what they really need is high-end mental health care." Another approach is to press local officials to create a standardized health-care protocol across the country so incarcerated youth can all receive the same quality of care. The last major way to help is to get involved — whether you are in high school, college or professional school, you can volunteer with organizations that service these populations, or even with juveniles in the system.This story is part ofKids IncarceratedaTeen Vogue Student Journalists Should Just Be Called JournalistsStay up-to-date with the politics team.Sign up for theTeen VogueTake!On Monday, November 19,paperwork was filed