Portugal’s upcoming World Youth Day is turning out to be an enormous blessing for some young convicts. The government has declared a one-year pardon for prisoners under the age of 30, if they’re serving sentences of up to eight years. The amnesty was declared to mark World Youth Day, which Lisbon will host next month. Read more
Students from St Thomas of Canterbury College in Christchurch have written a report that has caught the attention of the Commissioner for Children, Judge Andrew Becroft. The report, released at the Nga Hau E Wha National marae on Wednesday, looked at how those aged between 10 and 16 are faring when they fall foul of Read more
Last week the deputy prime minister, Bill English visited Challenge 2000, a Youth Development, Community and Family Social Work agency based in Johnsonville, near Wellington. Challenge staff discussed with English the services they provide to youth and how they could help if the age at which people are referred to the adult court was raised Read more