Forty-eight-year-old mum Abigail tells The Sun of her frustration at how the courts have failed to imprison her 17-year-old son, Steven, despite his repeated offending
"These kids are intimidating to the world. But they are entertaining and they are brilliant. Every day the kids come in and I think: 'yeah, that's what I like'" - Shauneen Lambe, co-founder of legal advice charity Just for Kids, on why she works with young offenders
"Young carers need to speak directly to MSPs about what matters to them - it shouldn't be done through other people. Other people can't speak for us as well as we can" - Neil White, an 18-year-old young carer from Paisley, on getting ministers to pay attention to the needs of young carers.
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