klu9@piefed.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoConcerns over therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prisonwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkConcerns over therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prisonwww.theguardian.comklu9@piefed.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
Prison officers’ union calls for immediate end to practice at HMYOI Wetherby over fears for child and animal welfare
minus-squareSpookyBogMonster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours ago The UK has young offender institutes, which are not, legally speaking, prisons So… What’s the legal distinction? Because that just sounds like “Child Prison” with extra syllables
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoI am not an expert so am not the person to ask. In a way it is a child prison with extra syllables, but as I said, my guess is that the OP doesn’t object in principle to a 17 year old being locked up if they commit a serious enough crime.
So… What’s the legal distinction? Because that just sounds like “Child Prison” with extra syllables
I am not an expert so am not the person to ask.
In a way it is a child prison with extra syllables, but as I said, my guess is that the OP doesn’t object in principle to a 17 year old being locked up if they commit a serious enough crime.