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Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time has dropped by 20 per cent, according to the latest official figures.

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners are demanding the closure of a young offender institution near Wolverhampton after conditions were labelled as the worst seen by inspectors.

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

News

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Probation staff are poorly trained in child protection and lack a clear understanding of what to do if children are potentially at risk, a damning report has concluded.

Rotherham: The key questions answered

News

Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

The child abuse scandal in Rotherham has shocked the nation and dominated the news agenda for several days. Here, CYP Now looks at the background to the independent inquiry, what questions it has answered and what issues still need to be resolved.

Hackney innovation scheme to divert young people from gangs

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Teenagers at risk of gang crime and child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Hackney are to benefit from £1.97m worth of children's social care innovation fund money.

Children's services leaders call for wholesale changes to Ofsted inspection system

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

| CYP Now

The current Ofsted inspection system for children's services should be scrapped and replaced with a light-touch but better-targeted approach, children's services and local authority leaders say.

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

Campaigners call on police to end overnight detention of young people

News

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Prison campaigners have called for a ban on under 14s being detained in police cells overnight, labelling the practice "dangerous and frightening".

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

News

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) have been told to improve the way they share information on young people sentenced to custody to make services more efficient and safe.

Inquiry reveals failings prior to death of 15-year-old in custody

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Better communication between prison staff and mental health services may have helped prevent the suicide of a 15-year-old boy in youth custody, an inquiry has found.

Northamptonshire custody staff 'need better child protection training'

News

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Improvements in safeguarding training must be made in police custody suites in Northamptonshire, inspectors have said.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Courts will be required to take into account the overrepresentation of black and ethnic minority children in the youth justice system when they sentence children, under new guidance coming into force this summer.

YOI praised for progress prior to custody death

News

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where a 15-year-old boy was found hanging in January was praised by inspectors following a visit just two months before his death, a report has revealed.

Researchers to explore the issue of sex in youth custody

News

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Sex in young offender institutions and secure training centres will be investigated as part of a two-year study by the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

News

Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners have hit out at plans to allow staff at secure colleges the power to use force on children and young people to "ensure good order and discipline".

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

News

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Police have received more than 5,000 reports of under-18-year-olds sexually abusing other children over the last three years, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC.

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Rates of education progress for young people held in secure children's homes are around double the expected level, a study has found.

Inspectors criticise Norfolk Police on child sexual exploitation

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Norfolk Police has been told to take urgent action to improve its work on child sexual exploitation (CSE) after inspectors highlighted concerns over the issue.

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Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

Rotherham: The key questions answered

Hackney innovation scheme to divert young people from gangs

Children's services leaders call for wholesale changes to Ofsted inspection system

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

Campaigners call on police to end overnight detention of young people

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

Inquiry reveals failings prior to death of 15-year-old in custody

Northamptonshire custody staff 'need better child protection training'

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

YOI praised for progress prior to custody death

Researchers to explore the issue of sex in youth custody

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

Inspectors criticise Norfolk Police on child sexual exploitation

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