Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the treatment of children in penal custody.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is a viewpoint piece that analyses the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for children in custody, drawing on published information where available.
Findings
This paper argues that imprisoned children are an extremely vulnerable group, whose experience of incarceration exacerbates that vulnerability at the best of times. Responses to COVID-19 are particularly painful for children in those settings, and the consequences are manifestly unjust.
Originality/value
This paper provides an early attempt to consider the impact of COVID-19 on children in prison.
Subject
Law,Sociology and Political Science,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education,Health (social science)
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