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Incarcerated youth: Children in conflict with the law at the Soshanguve Secure Care Centre in Gauteng (Hiram Alejandro Durán)
ATHANDIWE SABA

The cracks children fall into when they are ‘in conflict with the law’

Children in the criminal justice system struggle to access consistent education, which hobbles them. But there are cases when rehabilitation works

  • Athandiwe Saba
9 min read
Custody: Security at the Soshanguve Secure Care Centre is on a par with prisons (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Through the eyes of a child convict

Children commit crimes and are sent to juvenile centres to await their trials or to serve their sentences

  • Athandiwe Saba
5 min read