Situation during the visit (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3) With regard to an ―uncontrollable child‖, there is no clear definition or criteria for its identification in the legislation. The wide discretion currently allowed to the judiciary has led to a relatively large number of detentions of children under such orders. The lack of separation of children and juveniles in need of care and protection, uncontrollable juveniles and those in conflict with the law makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to address the individual needs of children. The Fort Augusta Correctional Centre for Women and the Horizon Remand Centre for men are adult institutions that also hold children. Information received in the reporting period Government: The Government is working to reverse the current practice of the incarceration of children in police lockups and to implement measures to protect children in juvenile correctional facilities. There is segregation in detention and prison facilities between juveniles and adults, persons on remand and convicts. Female juveniles at the Fort Augusta prison, for example, are kept in separate dormitories, except for those occasions during the day when they are being exposed to training and educational classes. As a result of the opening of the Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Centre, no male juveniles are being housed in any adult facilities under the control of the Department of Correctional Services. The space created by the Metcalfe Street Facility will allow girls on remand to be relocated to the Rio Cobre and St. Andrew remand centres previously occupied by boys. In addition, the Department of Correctional Services will continue to manage the Hill Top Juvenile Correctional Centres for boys and the Diamond Crest Juvenile Correctional Centre for girls. The Government is currently taking steps to prepare a facility for the remand of girls who are in conflict with the law. The Jamaica Constabulary Force continues to provide the Child Development Agency (CDA) with a weekly report of children who are being held in lockups. The Agency‘s team continues to make the necessary arrangements for children to be removed to a Place of Safety or a pre-approved alternate site. This is typically achieved within 48 hours as required by the Child Care and Protection Act, 2004 (CCPA). As at December 5, 2011, 32 children (30 males, 2 females) were in police custody. This number varies and is not necessarily reflective of children being held in a police lockup for a prolonged period. As at the December 15, 2011, there were forty-five (45) children in conflict with the law who are being housed in the child protection residential system. Efforts are made to monitor these placement to ensure that there is no or very minimal disruption to care delivery to the general children A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 140 Recommendation (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3) (o) Remove all children in conflict with the law from adult detention facilities, and ensure that children in need of care and protection from the State are not held with those in conflict with the law;

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