Child Imprisonment Facts:
- More than 1 million children are imprisoned worldwide without access to a fair trial. - UN
- Children are responsible for less than 15% of all crimes. - Comunidad Segura
- 2/3 of children imprisoned on remand are found innocent or do not receive a prison sentence for their crime. - Guardian
- 72% of child prisoners are re-convicted within two years of their release. Almost half of these children return to prison. - Goldson
- In South Africa, over 150 children under the age of five are living in prisons with their mothers, many having no alternative caretaker.
- “Over 2200 juveniles nationwide have been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.” - EJI
- “Like adult prisoners, child inmates have wretched backstories: even by the age of 14, a fifth have tried self-harming and almost a tenth have attempted suicide.” - Economist
- Since 1992, the number of children sentenced to custody has risen by almost 90% and youth crime has fallen more than 25% - Nacro
- “More than a third of children sent to prison last year were wrongly jailed,” a report into child custody rates says. - Independent UK
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