In terms of institutionalizing children, is there much effort on developing better jails?
Globally, while UNICEF does sometimes support improvements to basic conditions for children in detention, our main focus is on developing alternatives to imprisonment – not improving prison conditions. The principle behind that approach is that the more you do to improve conditions in institutions, the more likely judges see them as a good option. We would rather invest our limited resources in strengthening community-based options so that police, prosecutors and judges have viable alternatives to imprisonment, which should always be the last resort. By diverting most of the young people out of the institutions, annual budget needs should reduce significantly, giving the authorities resources to make improvements to the conditions of detention for the few who must remain. Q: You use ‘him’ and ‘he’ in talking of juvenile offenders; how many are indeed female? A: Throughout the world, the majority of children in conflict with the law are in fact boys. The unfortunate result is that juven
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