Lawyers for the family of Joseph, who was 16 when he hung himself in Stoke Heath Young Offender Institution in March 2002, argued the failure to hold a public inquiry is unlawful.
Bereavement pressure group Inquest submitted a detailed statement to the court arguing that a public inquiry is necessary to prevent further deaths of young people in custody.
Deborah Coles, the co-director of Inquest, said: The point that we are making is that there hasnt been, at any point, a look at sentencing. Either the sentencing regime, or where someone ends up.
Coles said the Judicial Review was a thorough discussion of the issues and that although the aim was to get a public inquiry into Josephs death, such an inquiry would have to look at broader issues around the case.
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