Friday, July 22, 2005

IRAN: Exploring alternatives to youth custody / Reuters AlertNet19 Jul 2005

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/9ea0d08070ec877c8ffa5aeae33bd3f9.htm
"Tehran is one of only a few cities in Iran that has a youth prison. According to Parvaneh Ghasemian, a social activist and volunteer worker at Tehran's juvenile jail, 300 boys and 40 girls are incarcerated there, all under the age of 18. Although the average age of inmates is 14 years of age, there are some children as young as six. "