A fifth of young people in custody are members of the Traveller community, double the proportion in adult prisons, new figures show. Of these 14 (19 per cent) were Travellers or from a Traveller background. Young Travellers also make up a disproportionate number of children in Tusla care. Difficult to reachCampus director Pat Bergin told The Irish Times young Travellers can be a particularly difficult cohort to reach with targeted State supports, which may explain their disproportionate numbers in Oberstown. File photograph: Iain White/Fennell Photography“Things like family mentoring are fine if you can nail a family down.”Mr Bergin said Oberstown consults the Traveller representative group Pavee Point on how best to rehabilitate young Travellers who offend.

Source: The Irish Times October 02, 2019 01:41 UTC