Legally Kidnapped

Shattering Your Child Welfare Delusions Since 2007


Saturday, December 22, 2018

Children describe how they were criminalised while in care

Four children and young people who were criminalised while living in residential care have told their stories in a new briefing published by the Howard League for Penal Reform.

One young person, Eddie*, who was taken into care at 11 and again at 13, reveals that he attempted suicide in a children’s home on Christmas Day. He says that a care worker’s response to his self-harming led to him being charged with assault and spending a night in a police cell.

More >> Children describe how they were criminalised while in care

No comments:

Post a Comment

Guess what

It Could Happen To You