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To consider an immediate moratorium on child imprisonment.

Submitted on Tuesday 16th February 2016

Published on Thursday 18th February 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 18th August 2016

Signatures: 61

Tagged with

BBC ~ Child ~ Children ~ Crime

Petition Action

To consider an immediate moratorium on child imprisonment.

Petition Details

Imprisonment is not appropriate for vulnerable children offenders, often from profoundly challenging and damaged backgrounds and with complex overlapping social and mental health needs.

Additional Information

The recent revelations of the abuse by G4S at Medway STC by BBC Panorama; the number of injuries in secure training centres is 5 times higher than official data by Home Office minister Mike Penning, and the scores of deaths each year of incarcerated children. A rethink is urgently required in the interests of child protect and public protection. Care not prisonfare must be the way forward. Prisons do not work to deter or reduce crime and has been shown to exacerbate crime and social injustice.


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