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| Indonesia Struggles To Keep Kids Out Of Jail |
| By irinnews.org |
| Published: 06/28/2010 |
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JANTHO, 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - Fifteen-year-old Aisha* was convicted and jailed for four months because she and her boyfriend drove off with her grandfather’s motorcycle. Her grandfather, a patriarch in a conservative Muslim society that disapproved of her relationship, charged her with theft. “I did something wrong, but my grandfather overreacted,” she said from the modest cement cell she shares with a few older women. Thousands of children are behind bars in Indonesia - where the minimum age of criminal responsibility is eight - often for petty crimes. The majority are detained with adults, leaving them vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse. Read More. |
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