Children behind bars : why the abuse of child imprisonment must end / Carolyne Willow ; [foreword by Benjamin Zephaniah]
Every day children exiled to prison are exposed to abusive and neglectful treatment, yet their plight is hidden. Based on wide-ranging research and first-person interviews, this passionately argued book presents the shocking truth about the lives and deaths of children in custody. Drawing on human r...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | Every day children exiled to prison are exposed to abusive and neglectful treatment, yet their plight is hidden. Based on wide-ranging research and first-person interviews, this passionately argued book presents the shocking truth about the lives and deaths of children in custody. Drawing on human rights legislation and progress in the care and treatment of vulnerable children elsewhere, it outlines the harsh realities of penal child custody including hunger, denial of fresh air, cramped and dirty cells, strip-searching, segregation, the authorised infliction of severe pain, uncivilised condi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781447321545 1447321545 9781447321552 1447321553 9781447321569 1447321561 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Feb. 10, 2015) |