The Howard League for Penal Reform is bringing the case of a young woman who was placed in temporary accommodation by Hammersmith and Fulham Council when she was released from Cookham Wood prison, in Kent, in March 2006.
The league is arguing that the accommodation she was placed in was not suitable, and the local authority failed in its duty to provide her with support under the Children Act 1989.
Chris Callender, assistant director at the Howard League, said authorities are getting round their duties to young people by using housing legislation rather than the Children Act: "What we need is a clarification for local authorities as to what is the Children Act's role in their day-to-day service provision."
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