Sussex Police locks up 30 children every week, according to report
Thirty children are locked up overnight in Sussex Police cells each week, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal.
New research by the charity shows that there were 1,564 overnight detentions of children aged 17 and under in police stations across the county during 2011.
The total across England and Wales was 40,716 – which equates to an average of 112 detentions per night.
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