The Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty reports that millions of children are living in various states of detention across the globe, from orphanages and foster homes to police custody and immigration detention. Among them, at least 410,000 are detained in jails and prisons, where violence is, “endemic.” The study also found the number of children detained in the context of armed conflict dramatically has risen. it’s more than seven million children that are deprived of liberty, most of them in all kind of institutions but also in the administration of justice and migration detention.
— source democracynow.org | Dec 04, 2019