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Ministry: Juveniles will be out of adult lock-ups within weeks
Friday, March 12, 2010
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced that it would be removing children from adult penal facilities 'within weeks'.
The security ministry, which made the announcement, on the eve of today's planned demonstration by the rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), and the children's lobby Hear the Children Cry, said steps were being taken to remove 68 children who are now locked away with adult offenders in jails and remand centres islandwide.
"Steps are now being taken to transfer the children from police lock-ups to the former remand centre at Metcalfe Street. This is a highly secure facility which can accommodate all the children now being held in custody. Minor modifications will be carried out immediately to facilitate its use as a juvenile remand centre," the ministry said.
Jamaicans For Justice earlier this week expressed concern about the slow pace government was taking in the removal of juveniles from lock-ups with adults.
Members of JFJ and Hear The Children Cry said they would this morning be staging a peaceful demonstration 200 yards from Jamaica House, located on Hope Road in St Andrew.
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