Call to stop imprisoning children

CHILDREN’S ombudsman Emily Logan has backed calls in a new report for an end to the locking up of children in prisons.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2009 - 00:00

Cormac O’Keeffe

Ms Logan welcomed recommendations in the report that her office be given the power to investigate complaints from children held in St Patrick’s Institution.

The report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) said there were 241 committals of boys aged 16 and 17 to the Dublin prison in 2008.

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Courts Crime Place: Dublin prison Place: St Patrick’s Place: Lusk Place: north Dublin Place: St Patrick Person: Emily Logan Person: Logan Person: Ursula Kilkelly Organisation: St Patrick’s Institution Organisation: Irish Penal Reform Trust Organisation: IPRT Organisation: National Children Detention Facility Organisation: Detention Schools Organisation: Committee on the Rights of the Child Organisation: Ombudsman for Children’s Office

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