Children in conflict with the law

I am truly worried about the increasing number of children in conflict with the law (CICL) facing serious criminal cases ranging from drug abuse/sale to heinous murder, as shown by the government statistics (ww.dilg.gov.ph) which I hereby reproduce below, for legal research purposes of the readers:

COMMON CRIMES COMMITTED BY YOUTH OFFENDERS For the Month of July 2007 Region Index Crimes Non-Index Crimes Sub Total Grand Total Crime VS Person Crime VS Property RA6425/ 9165 Other Crimes Murder Homicide Rape Phy Inj Sub Total Robbery Theft Sub Total NCR 7 11 16 0 34 53 36 89 7 32 39 162 R1 4 1 3 0 8 2 6 8 4 5 9 25 R2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 6 R3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R4-A 5 4 6 1 16 5 16 21 2 15 17 54 R4-B 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 1 1 7 R5 0 0 9 0 9 2 12 14 0 0 0 23 R6 3 0 1 0 4 3 1 4 0 1 1 9 R7 4 3 14 0 21 22 31 53 14 10 24 98 R8 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 1 1 6 R9 13 0 4 0 17 10 1 11 16 13 29 57 R10 1 2 0 0 3 13 11 24 1 5 6 33 R11 1 1 2 0 4 2 4 6 1 0 1 11 R12 1 1 1 0 3 3 7 10 3 3 6 19 R13 2 1 4 0 7 0 6 6 0 10 10 23 CAR 1 2 4 2 9 4 0 4 2 4 6 17 ARMM 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 7 TOTAL 46 27 65 4 142 122 141 263 51 103 154 559

DATA ON CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW As of July 2007 Region SENTENCED DETAINED Grand Total MALE FEMALE Sub Total MALE FEMALE Sub Total NCR 1 0 1 138 6 144 145 R1 1 0 1 23 1 24 25 R2 0 0 0 6 0 6 6 R3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 R4-A 0 0 0 49 3 52 52 R4-B 0 0 0 7 0 7 7 R5 2 0 2 22 0 22 24 R6 0 0 0 11 0 11 11 R7 7 0 7 83 4 87 94 R8 0 0 0 8 0 8 8 R9 0 0 0 57 0 57 57 R10 0 1 1 34 5 39 40 R11 0 0 0 11 0 11 11 R12 0 0 0 19 0 19 19 R13 0 0 0 12 0 12 12 CAR 0 0 0 19 0 19 19 ARMM 0 0 0 6 0 6 6 TOTAL 11 1 12 506 19 525 537

BJMP JAIL POPULATION DATA As of July2007 Region SENTENCED DETAINED PNP Jail Pop Grand Total ADULT MINOR Total ADULT MINOR Total Male Female Sub Total MALE FEMALE Sub Total Male Female Sub Total Male Female Sub Total NCR 524 35 559 1 1 560 17,305 2,488 19,793 138 6 144 19,937 20,497 R1 102 10 112 1 1 113 1,689 106 1,795 23 1 24 1,819 1,932 R2 50 4 54 54 1,042 46 1,088 6 6 1,094 1,148 R3 64 13 77 77 3,426 367 3,793 1 1 3,794 182 4,053 R4-A 107 6 113 113 6,666 741 7,407 49 3 52 7,459 392 7,964 R4-B 23 1 24 24 573 41 614 7 7 621 39 684 R5 196 9 205 2 2 207 1,648 59 1,707 22 22 1,729 1,936 R6 223 9 232 232 3,299 211 3,510 11 11 3,521 174 3,927 R7 776 52 828 7 7 835 4,901 437 5,338 83 4 87 5,425 6,260 R8 52 1 53 53 1,263 81 1,344 8 8 1,352 70 1,475 R9 21 1 22 22 2,521 271 2,792 57 57 2,849 91 2,962 R10 257 20 277 1 1 278 2,053 144 2,197 34 5 39 2,236 2,514 R11 99 5 104 104 1,284 125 1,409 11 11 1,420 1,524 R12 34 1 35 35 1,231 131 1,362 19 19 1,381 1,416 R13 20 1 21 21 490 42 532 12 12 544 565 CAR 26 6 32 32 893 65 958 19 19 977 1,009 ARMM 6 6 6 328 3 331 6 6 337 343 TOTAL 2,580 174 2,754 11 1 12 2,766 50,612 5,358 55,970 506 19 525 56,495 948 60,209

DATA ON INMATES WITH DRUG CASES July 2007 Region SENTENCED DETAINED Total RA 6425 RA9165 RA 6425 RA 9165 ADULT CICL ADULT CICL ADULT CICL ADULT CICL NCR 38 0 607 0 138 0 7,574 7 8,364 R1 5 0 35 0 17 0 396 4 457 R2 0 0 6 1 3 0 135 0 145 R3 20 0 33 0 51 0 1,447 0 1,551 R4-A 25 0 6 0 45 0 3,238 2 3,316 R4-B 1 0 0 0 10 0 121 0 132 R5 4 0 4 0 5 0 91 0 104 R6 8 0 66 0 34 0 1,333 0 1,441 R7 49 0 208 0 17 0 2,407 0 2,681 R8 0 0 0 0 14 0 554 0 568 R9 0 0 0 0 20 0 1,150 16 1,186 R10 0 0 24 0 22 0 695 0 741 R11 0 0 21 0 7 0 506 2 536 R12 6 0 1 0 7 0 553 4 571 R13 1 0 0 0 6 0 185 0 192 CAR 0 0 6 0 0 0 73 3 82 ARMM 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 TOTAL 157 0 1,017 1 396 0 20,477 38 22,086