BANGKOK: Child prisoners in Asia are experiencing inhumane treatment and are at risk of sexual exploitation and drug abuse, Unicef warned yesterday as it called for a regional judicial overhaul for the young.
The bleak outlook was laid out in a report by the UN fund titled Justice for children, Detention as a last resort, which called on Asian governments to find alternatives to prison for young offenders.
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