 The committee is seeking some kind of secure accommodation |
Plans to imprison young people who regularly break the law have been rejected by Jersey's Health and Social Services committee. Deputy Bob Hill wants the courts to be able to sentence young people to be locked up.
But the committee says this could just encourage them to commit more crimes.
Deputy Hill has asked the States to agree that persistent troublemakers as young as 12 could be locked up for short sentences as punishment.
The committee says evidence from Europe shows that young people locked up for any period of time with other offenders are more likely to commit further crimes when they are let out.
It says social services should concentrate on rehabilitation and education, rather than simply putting young people in prison.
But the committee does recognise that some kind of secure accommodation for youngsters would be useful in some circumstances, and is investigating how that could be provided.
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