Situation during the visit
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order; or (b) provide for the child (i) to be committed to the
care of any fit person, whether a relative or not, who is willing
to undertake the care of the child; or (ii) to be placed for a
specified period, not exceeding three years, under the
supervision of a probation and after-care officer, a children‘s
officer or of some other person to be selected for the purpose
by the Minister.‖
A National Plan of Action for Child Justice (2010-2014) was
approved in October 2011. This Plan of Action is a multisectorial response to the needs of children in conflict with the
law as well as those in need of care and protection.
(p) Transfer the responsibility of
places of detention for juveniles to
the Child Development Agency;
Non-governmental sources: Despite the Government‘s
assurance that children would be removed from adult detention
facilities. It is reported that the reality is that children continue
to be held together with adults. The new facility, Metcalfe
Street Juvenile Remand Centre for boys, which opened in June
2011, serves the detention of male juveniles only and thus does
not effectively address the entirety of children being held in
facilities alongside adults. Despite the opening of the new
centre, as of 3 September 2011, 28 children remained in police
lockups.
It is alleged that female juveniles continue to be routinely
incarcerated in Fort Augusta and Horizon Remand (adult
prisons).
Government: After careful assessment by all stakeholders, it
was decided that the management of places of detention for
juveniles will remain the responsibility of the Department of
Corrections. To strengthen service delivery, the Child
Development Agency remains an active member of an
intersectoral working group, led by the Ministry of National
Security, to establish an independent inspectorate to carry out
annual audit inspections of Correctional and Remand Centres
for both adults and children. The aforementioned National Plan
of Action for Child Justice is also expected to treat with the
issues affecting children in state of custody.
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