The 8th Anambra State Children’s Parliament, has called on the State Government to establish Juvenile Correctional Centre in the State so as to have an ideal place where juveniles who are in conflict with the law would be kept for their proper rehabilitation, correction and reintegration into the society as better citizens.
The Parliament also advocated for the establishment of Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law Commission, to ensure proper justice for victims of gender based violence and punishment,for offenders.
Speaker of the Children’s Parliament, Rt Hon Victory Iruoma Ekwunife, made the call when the Parliament had a joint plenary with the 8th Anambra State House of Assembly at the Legislative Chambers, Awka, Anambra State, this week Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Rt Hon Ekwunife, who cited the case of a 15-year old boy, who was kept in police custody for eight months, and was brought to court from the police station, observed that such unlawful detention was able to take place in Anambra State because of non-existence of a Juvenile Correctional Centre in the State.
Pointing out that the Correctional Centre is the right place where juveniles who are in conflict with the law should be kept in accordance with the law, the Children’s Parliament Speaker appealed to the State House of Assembly to help the parliament reach the State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo, so as to make the project actualisable soonest.
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