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Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centres) (Amendment) Order 2015* signed into law on 12th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2015 \u2013 comes into effect Monday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has welcomed the signing of the Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centres) (Amendment) Order 2015 which will come into effect next Monday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2015.<\/p>\n

The effect of this order is to allow 17 year old boys to be remanded to Trinity House School and Oberstown Boys\u2019 School, rather than to St Patrick\u2019s Institution.<\/p>\n

The Ombudsman for Children Office has raised its concerns about children in prison since the office has been in existence and has been pushing to end the practice of incarcerating children aged 16 and 17 years of age in St. Patrick\u2019s Institution.<\/p>\n

Welcoming the signing of S.I. 95 the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon said: \u201cSt Patrick\u2019s Institution was meant to be an interim place of detention for young people back in the 1980s, but 30 years on a small number of young people are regularly on remand in St. Patrick\u2019s which is totally inappropriate.\u00a0 Rehabilitation should be the focus, as opposed to incarceration and there is limited scope for rehabilitation in an adult prison system for young people of 16 and 17 years of age.<\/p>\n

\u201cOberstown is built around rehabilitation with access to proper education, to psychiatric, psychological and medical services.\u00a0 There is opportunity for the young people involved to change and to have a chance to rehabilitate.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy moving these young people of 17 years of age, to an environment that is more conducive to rehabilitation, will help to change their future and may help to contribute to reduced recidivism rates. This move will make a huge change to the culture in which they live and their ability to create a better life for themselves.\u00a0 That is something that I am very much pleased to see happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/b><\/p>\n

For further information please contact Sin\u00e9ad Fennell 086 6075266<\/p>\n

Notes to Editors:<\/b><\/p>\n

* View the Children Act 2001 (Designation of Remand Centres) (Amendment) Order 2015 which was signed into law on 12th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2015, which comes into effect next Monday 30th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2010, the OCO undertook a project with children aged 16 and 17 years of age detained in St Patrick\u2019s Institution. The Ombudsman for Children welcomed the openness by the staff and management of St Patrick\u2019s Institution to our direct work with children.<\/p>\n

The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office published its Report \u2018Young people in St. Patrick\u2019s Institution\u2019 in February 2011. The Report, which was based on a series of consultations with young people detained in St Patrick\u2019s Institution, set out findings and recommendations from the Ombudsman for Children to the management of St Patrick\u2019s Institution and the Irish Prison Service. The report also included a formal response to these recommendations by the Irish Prison Service.<\/p>\n

Read the Young people in St. Patrick\u2019s Institution Report<\/a><\/p>\n

View the Young people in St. Patrick\u2019s Institution Executive Summary<\/a><\/p>\n

The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s remit was extended to receive, investigate and respond to individual complaints made by children held in St Patrick\u2019s Institution from 1st July 2012.\u00a0 On Friday 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0June, 2012 the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD and the Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr Alan Shatter TD, signed an Order removing the subsection from the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 which excluded children detained in St Patrick\u2019s Institution from the complaints remit of the Ombudsman for Children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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