France : proposal for prison from 12 years of age

Adaryn

The Living Force
I found nothing on this in English except this short article :
CRIME: FRANCE, PROPOSAL FOR PRISON FROM 12 YEARS OF AGE
(ANSAmed) - ROME, NOVEMBER 28 - Behind bars from 12 years of age, was the proposal, at the end of its meeting, made by the commission charged with the reform of the justice system for minors in the country. The commission, chaired by André Varinard, will present an official report to the Minster of Justice Rachida [Dati] on December third, while the project for the relevant law has already been announced for June 2009. If the appeals of the commission become law, children of 12 will be put in prison if they commit crimes requiring the sentence, compared to 13 as the law currently stands. The proposal of the commission of experts is to fix the age at 12 for the age at which someone can begin to have responsibility for criminal actions (while until now it has never been determined). The average age for this type of responsibility in Europe is 14, while in Great Britain it is 10. (ANSAmed).
2008-11-28 12:50
_http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.@AM46403.html

Today the report has been presented to pathological Rachida Dati, who commented that establishing penal sanctions from 12 years of age was merely common sense. :whistle:
 
Mmmh... there is also a move toward more prisons or "closed centers" for young criminals that has been pushed recently in Belgium.
I wonder about the purpose of these laws for lowering down the age of criminality requiring imprisonment ?
I am really worried about the bleak prospect of having children put behind bars for "criminal" reasons decided by the PTB.
 
Very young souled individuals might very well - in the heat of emotion - do rash things. These kinds of laws make it certain that they will be incarcerated and ruined for life.
 
Laura said:
Very young souled individuals might very well - in the heat of emotion - do rash things. These kinds of laws make it certain that they will be incarcerated and ruined for life.

Thanks Laura,
It makes sense (to them) to uproot and squach any young individuals that might rise against the system, especially those with a conscience.

From a friend who worked in youth center for very trouble teenagers, it seems that the more psychopathic young amongst the group will gather a following to harass violently the other children who ended up in such "closed centers" because they had a very difficult childhood and had to be placed somewhere, instead of a foster care (which might not be the best either in some case).
 
Ironic isn't it Tigersoap, that Belgium is pushing for lowering the age for child incarceration. This is the same Belgium of the pedophile scandal a few years ago? It seems that if child molesters can't conceal their illegal activities, they'll try the legal route. Truly a sick world we live in. :(
 
Redrock12 said:
It seems that if child molesters can't conceal their illegal activities, they'll try the legal route. Truly a sick world we live in. :(

Yes jail guard will become an even more attractive position for deviants.

In addition to putting 12-years old children in jail, Sarkozy is also targetting three years old kids. here is a translated excerpt from this article in French :

Frédéric Lefebvre [official speaker for the UMP, Sarkozy's political party] brought back to life early stage detection of "behaviour troubles" amongst three years old children in order to prevent delinquency.

One dimension of Sarkozy's ideology is linked to eugenism, during the election campaign he mentioned the gene of homosexuality and the gene of delinquency. Of course he never mentioned the psychopath's genetic subtract.
 
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