Why Are Children Different?

It is reported that a fourteen-year-old girl has been held in prison because the judge is concerned about her safety as a witness against two men who reportedly sexually molested her. (Read about it here.)

Why is it that kids are different? I find it hard to believe that an adult witness would be held in prison for two weeks at all, let alone without speeaking with a lawyer.

One of the accused molsters is free on bond. So he can go free (even though he is a reported child molester), but the victim must remain in prison. If the excuse is because it is for her own safety, then what about the other fourteen-year-old girls out there? They don't count?

If the reason for holding her is because she wont talk, then wouldn't it make more sense to go about it in a different way? Don't people get due process before losing their liberty? Why does this VICTIM get treated like a terrorist?