In the capital, Ulaanbaatar, juveniles between the ages of 14 and 18 who are accused of crimes are kept in a separate detention center, which is also designated a training center. Here, inmates are kept apart from the adult population, schooled and hopefully rehabilitated.
Photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert visited the children's prison in Ulaanbaatar, and captured something of both the camaraderie and the loneliness of the place with these photos.
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