Children held in custody are in ever increasing danger – must our judges now do the unthinkable?
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Incidents euphemistically described as “self-harm” – but which given the bladed articles and ligatures involved would be better described as “self-injury” – have increased by 23 per cent. Among children held in custody, such incidents have increased by a staggering 40 per cent to nearly 1,800 incidents in the space of one year. A serious attempt to ease pressure on the prisons and reform sentencing would require legislative time currently swallowed up by our ongoing travails over Brexit.
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