Sunday, December 30, 2018

Hundreds of children arrested by the police are being locked up








 Hundreds of children arrested by the police are being locked up before trial by "risk-averse" judges, who often view them as gang members, according to a significant new report. 

The research paints a picture of a criminal justice system that views children as "mini adults", with the result that many are remanded into custody with potentially traumatic consequences. 
The "overuse" of pre-trial detention - described in the report by Transform Justice, the national justice charity - is at odds with what happens to most of the children post-trial. 
Of those remanded, two-thirds do not go on to receive a custodial sentence.




BHP