Brazil has something of a problem of minors committing crime, since they don’t get the full jail time adults do. There is a significant political push for lowering the minimum age to throw kids into prison, asking for 16 or 14yo to be judged and jailed like adults - which means the typical “Lock 'em up and forget them for a minimum of 10 years”.
Brazil has something of a problem of minors committing crime, since they don’t get the full jail time adults do. There is a significant political push for lowering the minimum age to throw kids into prison, asking for 16 or 14yo to be judged and jailed like adults - which means the typical “Lock 'em up and forget them for a minimum of 10 years”.