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Letter: Letter

Published 7 December 2002

From Giles Charter

Is the British government really locking up people who are still legally children and failing to give them a diet that meets the recommended daily amounts of basic nutrients? In other words, is it knowingly malnourishing children in its care because the cost of feeding them properly would be excessive?

No wonder the inmates get violent if that is the culture they are kept in. Surely there must be some legal obligation to offer a diet that provides minimum levels of nutrition, regardless of its effects on behaviour?

Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK

Issue no. 2372 published 7 December 2002

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