PARENTS MAY SOON find themselves in the same dock as their children who end up in the juvenile justice system.
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite says he will be bringing an amendment to the present juvenile justice legislation that makes parents accountable for the actions of their underage daughters and sons.
Invited to address a meeting of the Men’s Educational Support Association (MESA) at The St Michael School last night, Brathwaite made reference the large number of girls at the Girls’ Industrial School and recent reports of delinquency among young women.
He blamed a lot of their difficulties on the lack of responsible parenting.
The Attorney General also fielded questions from several men in the large audience, concerned about areas of the Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act 2016 passed in the Senate yesterday. (GC)
