Jersey young offenders could see sentences reduced

Deputy Mary Le Hegarat wants the same laws that apply to adults to apply to youth offenders too

Young people who are held in youth detention may be able to get time off their sentence for good behaviour in future.

The home affairs minister is working on the Criminal Justice (Young Offenders) (Jersey) Amendment which governs how young offenders are treated.

Deputy Mary Le Hegarat said she wanted to make the changes as the law currently was not "properly aligned" with the same rules for adult sentences.

It would mean that if a young person was well behaved and worked hard they could get up to a third off their sentence.