That'll teach 'em..

Today at work I finished my article for The Newspaper. I wrote it on the subject of young offenders and whether or not kids should be educated in prison which I found really interesting. Last week I met with the manager of the Young Justice Team, Gary Hardman and spoke to him for ages! There was so much to learn about how they deal with children who get into trouble on the Isle of Man, and it's completely different to the UK. They seem to be a lot more lenient over here, they don't actually send youths to prison, they send them to a Secure Unit. What's more surprising is that Gary has only ever seen 5 kids been sent there in his 3 years experience on the island! I guess the reason they are more relaxed here is because the crime that the kids commit are not exactly life threatening. However, although the crimes themselves might not be prison worthy, last year youths made up for 13.2% of the arrests on the island which is actually not far off the UK which was around 14%. Anyway enough figures for today, the full article will be in The Newspaper from next week. For more info on The Newspaper, check out http://www.thenewspaper.org.uk/