Children Behind Bars - by Carolyne Willow (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This engaging book presents the shocking truth about the lives and deaths of children in custody. Drawing on human rights legislation, it outlines the harsh realities of penal child custody. The issues are explored through the lens of protection, not punishment, and the author finds there can be only one conclusion: child prisons must close.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Every day children exiled to prison are exposed to abusive and neglectful treatment, yet their plight is hidden. Based on wide-ranging research and first-person interviews, this passionately argued book presents the shocking truth about the lives and deaths of children in custody. Drawing on human rights legislation and progress in the care and treatment of vulnerable children elsewhere, it outlines the harsh realities of penal child custody including hunger, denial of fresh air, cramped and dirty cells, strip-searching, segregation, the authorised infliction of severe pain, uncivilised conditions for suicidal children and ever-present violence and intimidation. The issues are explored through the lens of protection, not punishment, and the author finds there can be only one conclusion: child prisons must close. Providing a compelling manifesto for urgent and radical change, this book should be read by everyone who cares about child protection and human rights.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Carolyne Willow exposes cruel, inhuman and degrading realities facing children exiled to prison. This book is recommended to everyone who cares about child protection and human rights." Thomas Hammarberg, adviser on human rights to the United Nations and European Union<br><br>"Carolyne Willow's book is timely evidence that the justice secretary's proposal to imprison 320 children, in what he euphemistically calls a secure college, compounds present abuse." Lord Ramsbotham, former chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales<br><br>"Carolyne Willow's carefully researched analysis of child abuse in prison, illustrated by haunting case studies, shames our society. Prisons are not safe places, and children should not be sent there." Sir William Utting, former chief inspector of social services for England<br><br>Carolyne Willow's evocative and troubling book on the imprisonment of children is a damning indictment of the ways in which vulnerable individuals are treated by the criminal justice system. British Journal of Criminology<br><br>Child imprisonment is always abusive. No child should sleep in a cell nor call prison 'home'. 'Children behind bars' will inform you, sear your heart and stir your conscience to action. Yvonne Bailey, mother of Joseph Scholes<br><br>Robust and shocking, this book is very moving and must provide the platform for reform to better protect the young people who we lock up and keep out of sight." Peter Wanless, chief executive, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Carolyne Willow</b> has spent twenty-five years campaigning for children's rights. Between 2000 and 2012, she was head of the Children's Rights Alliance for England.
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