Human rights group finds growing number of cases of minors held among prisoners

A growing number of cases have been identified where unaccompanied children, many of whom appear to be trafficked, have been sent to HMP Elmley, Kent, and placed among foreign adult prisoners. According to the most recent inspection of Elmley, the block where foreign nationals are held also houses sex offenders.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thank you for clearing it up. Here in Germany it is the same thing, were people 18-21 can either be put in juvenile or adult prison, depending on how mature they are deemed to be. So this is fucked up in the UK on so many levels.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Also IIRC (and as I understand) you’re sorted into a prison based on your age (and maturity) at the day you’re sentenced, so if you get sentenced to six years at age 17 you’re going to youth prison, and stay there for your whole sentence as maximum age as per wikipedia is 24.