Fears as juvenile facility plan is shelved

TEENAGERS will continue to be locked up in an adult prison indefinitely as the planned expansion of a juvenile facility has been shelved as part of cutbacks.

Fears as juvenile facility plan is shelved

Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan urged the Justice Minster and the Minister for Children to make a statement on what was going to happen to young people still being housed in St Patrick’s prison, despite international calls to end this practice.

The economic situation has led to a number of capital projects being shelved, including the expansion of the juvenile detention facility at Oberstown, to which those in St Patrick’s would be transferred.

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