You don't know the background to the assault and theft charges and even if you are correct about corporal punishment that's still generalisation and may have nothing to do with this case. You wouldn't even have known about the probation if the author hadn't been up front about it.

She's a 15 year old girl with all the crap around teenage plus being black going on and having ADHD and all you can think of is punishment. This is heartless.