 No legal representation at the time of arrest. From the 26 inmates serving at Hwahwa Young offenders Prison, no one was represented during trial,  Parents were not allowed when children were making statements,  Unlawful detention, children were staying for up to two weeks at the police station. 4.2.  Courts Courts are intimidating and not child friendly. The Prosecutor will be just talking to the Magistrates.  Children are still remanded in custody even for petty offences.  Courts favour the complainants.  There are delays in cases being dealt with resulting in children turning eighteen years before their matter is finalised and will be sentenced like adults.  Courts will be full during trial.  No concealment of identity for children.  Sentences for children too different and too long. Some children are sentenced to corporal punishment some are sentenced to long-term imprisonment for similar offences. 4.3. Prison  There is overcrowding in remand cells. They sometimes sleep like spoons.  There is shortage of prison garb. Children in prison wrapping blankets to cover themselves  Blankets are dirty.  Not all children are moved to Hwahwa Young Offenders Prison. Transport constraints, sentence the child is facing, distance where the child was sentenced affect the movement of children to the prison.  Educational facilities available in most major prisons in cities only and those in small towns are not privileged.  Some children do not have birth certificates and this affect their sentencing as they are treated as adults. From the records perused, the ages of children vary from the police, courts and prison. 8