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With Youth Day commemorations around the corner, many young people say government is not doing enough to support them and that their poor socio-economic conditions often lead to them getting involved in crime and ending up in prison.

According to the Department of Correctional Services, it has about 42 000 young inmates in correctional facilities across the country. They have been sentenced for wide ranging crimes. According to the youth in Mahikeng, socio-economic challenges are the major contributor in young people turning to crime.“As young people we are jobless, what is left is for me to go to Pick n Pay and steal a pack of chicken because there is no food at home,” says a youngster.

“I will suggest that our government should check the background of today’s youth and try to help them,” says another young pupil. Spokesperson for the Department Sinabako Nxumalo says, “When we detain them we separate them from the general inmate population because we fully understand that they require more than just the formal programmes. But our social workers, psychologists play a very pivotal role in the form of one to one engagement and also understanding additional needs they may require.

 

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