-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.hightimes.com/ht/new/9812/uschildren.html <A HREF="http://www.hightimes.com/ht/new/9812/uschildren.html">HIGH TIMES - US Children Behind Bars</A> ----- AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN IMPRISONING ITS CHILDREN Filed 12/04/98 Amnesty International has indicted the United States for having the highest rate of child imprisonment in the world, and for its use of solitary confinement on children, which is a violation of international human-rights codes. Record numbers of American children are being sent to jail, AI reports in following up its Rights For All campaign, which last month ranked the USA with China, Colombia and the Sudan as a chronic human-rights abuser. Because US federal and state laws allow children to be tried as adults for an increasing variety of offenses, more and more children are being punished along with adult criminals. Two hundred thousand American children are prosecuted in adult courts every year, and roughly 7,000 kids are held in jails before they ever even go to trial. Children penned up in the same prisons as adults make up the most vulnerable institutional population, and are physically, sexually and psychologically abused there by adults, including other inmates and correctional personnel. Reports show that children incarcerated with adults are eight times more inclined to commit suicide, five times more likely to be raped, and three times more likely to be beaten by staff than children retained in juvenile facilities. And the recidivism rate for imprisoned children is alarmingly high, regardless of whether the child is retained in juvenile or adult institutions. Still, the trend toward loosening legislation which mandates that imprisoned juveniles be separated from adults has been growing in recent years. Amnesty is calling for further exploration into rehabilitative avenues to address juvenile offenders. To learn more: �http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/juvenile/ Chesley Hicks - special HT News, filed 12/04/98 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
