AS MANY as three-quarters of children from London are being held on remand in prison are black, LBC has revealed.
Children who are on remand have not been convicted of any crime, but instead a judge or a magistrate has decided that they must await their trial in prison.
As a result, children who are vulnerable and even innocent can be exposed to hardship and to hardened criminals.
The data remains hugely disproportionate considering that the black population of London is around 13% while the black and minority ethnic population in London is thought to be around 44%, according to Greater London Assembly data from 2016.
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