Laws will push teenagers into adult prisons
Laws will push teenagers into adult prisons
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TWELVE young offenders who have brought a court challenge against their transfer from juvenile to adult jails have been dealt a blow after the State Government rushed laws into Parliament that may ensure they are moved. Seven were shifted to adult jails from juvenile detention centres in March and April soon after their 18th birthdays despite judges’ orders that they serve their sentence in a juvenile facility until 21 because of special vulnerabilities.