Situation during the visit (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3) Information received in the reporting period 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. A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 142 Recommendation (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3)

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