crime – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Rehabilitating Morocco’s young prisoners https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/01/rehabilitating-moroccos-young-prisoners/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:13:14 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=1003 One-tenth of Morocco’s prison population is made up of children and teenagers who are often convicted and sentenced without any legal representation. Now steps are being taken to help these young people.State-run child protection centers work to prevent children and teenagers from winding up in prison in the first place. The children who live in the centers often have very painful pasts – many are homeless, or have first-hand experience with drugs and violence.

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