Burundi's Child Prisoners

As of the end of 2006, about 400 children aged 13 to 18 were imprisoned in Burundi, a nation with no juvenile justice system. Children in Burundi's prisons have almost no access to legal counsel, and torture is commonplace. Further, these children receive inadequate food and education while in jail, and are vulnerable to abuse from adult prisoners. Human Rights Watch recently published a report describing the problem's of Burundi's jails and recommendations to increase human rights protection for child prisoners.