Author: Fedders, Barbara
Title: Do You Know Where the Children Are? A Report on Massachusetts Youth Unlawfully Held Without Bail
Summary: In 2004, over four thousand Massachusetts children and youth between the ages of seven and seventeen spent time behind bars -- in some cases up to four days -- after their arrest and prior to their first court appearance. While the law requires that young people must be at least fourteen years old to be detained, more than five hundred children under fourteen were so held that year. This report calls for an end to this practice, and provides recommendations for addressing the problem without litigation.
Details: Northampton, MA: Prison Policy Initiative, 2006. 13p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2006
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 119114
Keywords:
BailJuvenile DetentionJuvenile Offenders (Massachusetts ) |
