The Prison Reform Trust has published figures for the number of 10-17 year olds given custodial sentences last year. The Guardian reports:
The resulting league table was topped by Lambeth in south London, where almost one in 200 young people were given custodial sentences over the year, 25 times more than the equivalent figure for Dorset.
This is an appalling state of affairs. While overall crime rates in Lambeth are falling, our courts are locking up more young people — some as young as 10.