by Clare Jerrom

I'd like to say I'm shocked by the appalling figures produced by the Prison Reform Trust  that three quarters of young people who are placed on remand in a custodial setting are then acquitted of any crime or handed out a community sentence, but sadly these figures are of no great surprise.

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