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Legal loophole provides “incentive” for young offenders to “behave badly”

A legal loophole has incentivised children serving a youth detention sentence in secure accommodation to behave badly and get themselves transferred to the island’s adult prison so that they can have a chance at an early release. Deputy Mary Le Hegarat is seeking to alter the Criminal Justice (Young Offenders) (Jersey) Law 2014 to address the […]

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