Children: Innocent Until Proven Guilty reveals that nearly half of children who go into custody from a magistrate's court do so on remand, while waiting for a trial. It says this means more than 1,000 children who go on to be found innocent are locked up every year.
The trust is calling for the law on bail and how it is implemented to be comprehensively overhauled. It wants children to only be imprisoned on remand if there is evidence they may commit a violent offence if released on bail. It is also calling for the remand budget to be delegated to local authorities to encourage them to prevent offending and offer robust alternatives to custody.
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