Howard League Campaign On Children In Custody

EDM number 827 in 2005-06, proposed by Cheryl Gillan on 21/10/2005.

That this House supports the Howard League for Penal Reform campaign to end child deaths in custody; notes that 29 children have died in prisons and secure training centres since 1990; calls on the Government to end the use of Prison Service accommodation for children because it is a damaging environment and is ineffective in reducing re-offending; further notes that local authority secure children's homes can provide a safe environment for those children who have committed serious and violent offences and represent a continuing danger to the public; and calls on the Government to ensure that better ways of dealing with child offenders in the community are developed and utilised, including restorative justice programmes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 95 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.