http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4051079.stm
Young Offenders
"Ministers were failing 'to embrace human rights and equality for children', the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) said.
Jaap Doek, chair of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, said the UK imprisons more children than 'most other industrialised countries'.
A Home Office spokeswoman said custody was only used as a 'last resort'. "
STATE OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS REPORT 2004
http://www.crae.org.uk/Word%20docs/State%20of%20chrights%202004.doc
PDF - http://www.crae.org.uk/pdfs/State%20of%20chrights%202004.pdf