Unjust pains: the impact of COVID-19 on children in prison. Issue 4 (13th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bateman, Tim
• Is Part Of: Journal of children's services. Volume 15:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 201
• Page End: 208
• Publication Date: 2020-10-13
• Subjects: Lockdown -- COVID-19 -- Child imprisonment -- Children in custody -- Pains of imprisonment -- Response to pandemic; Child care services -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Social work with children -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Child care services -- Periodicals; Child development -- Periodicals; Social work with children -- Periodicals; 362.705
• DOI: 10.1108/JCS-07-2020-0045
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1746-6660

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the treatment of children in penal custody. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is a viewpoint piece that analyses the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for children in custody, drawing on published information where available. Findings: This paper argues that imprisoned children are an extremely vulnerable group, whose experience of incarceration exacerbates that vulnerability at the best of times. Responses to COVID-19 are particularly painful for children in those settings, and the consequences are manifestly unjust. Originality/value: This paper provides an early attempt to consider the impact of COVID-19 on children in prison.