A
16-year-old boy in Swaziland has been kept in solitary confinement for five
months, although he has not been sentenced for a crime.
He had
been granted bail of E2,000 (US$145) but his family have been unable to raise
the money, so he has had to stay behind bars.
The boy
admitted stealing five pairs of sneakers, worth E4,000.
The Swazi Observer reported on Wednesday (21
September 2016) that he had been serving time in a solitary confinement cell
for about five months. It reported the boy saying, ‘I miss school and I might
go mad in that cell all by myself. I do not care what happens to me now as I
have already suffered enough for all my sins.’
He has
been kept in the solitary cell at the Pigg’s Peak Correctional facility,
because he is too young to be detained with adult prisoners.
He was
originally arrested on 23 March 2016. His father appeared before the Pigg’s
Peak Magistrate’s Court to request bail in July. It was set at E2,000 by Senior
Magistrate Siphosini Dlamini. But, the newspaper reported, the boy’s father
could not raise the bail money, forcing the minor to continue his time in jail.
The minor
will re-appeared in court on 3 October for sentencing.
See
also
KIDS
WHO COMMIT NO CRIME LOCKED UP
BOY,
12, JAILED FOR INSULTING GRANNY
http://swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/boy-12-jailed-for-insulting-granny.html
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