Jailing every child who offends will create a generation of criminals: PG Shameem

Prosecutor General (PG) Hussain Shameem has said that everywhere in the world, children who commit crimes are given rehabilitative treatment, adding that sentencing every child who commits an offence to prison would only result in creating a generation of criminals.

With a heated debate arising following the bullying and violence case in Alif Alif Atoll Rasdhoo, PG Shameem weighed in with his opinion by posting comments alongside a link to an earlier blogpost of his dated 2022.