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Charity launches judicial review bid over ‘unlawful' child detention

Friday, September 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A charity is launching a bid to challenge the legality of a series of decisions that led to a 15-year-old looked-after child being detained in police custody for the non-payment of fines.

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 sexual offences against children, including 100 rapes, had an online link, statistics obtained by the NSPCC have shown.

Inspection highlights secure accommodation shortage

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised by inspectors over the lack of suitable secure accommodation for children who have been charged by police and refused bail in one area of England.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for numbers of families they worked with in the first year of the government's high profile troubled families initiative, it has emerged.

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils have missed a first year target for the numbers of families to be worked with under the government's flagship troubled families initiative.

YJB looks to access £200m social care innovation fund

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The quango in charge of youth justice is intent on bidding for cash from the Department for Education's social care innovation fund, it has emerged.

Call to end ‘unnecessary' criminalisation of children in care

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Monday, May 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Government must do more to protect children in care from unnecessary criminalisation, a year-long probe has concluded.

YJB ‘ignored' complaints about youth custody

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board has been criticised for failing to act on 35 separate whistleblowing complaints about children's welfare in secure training centres over the past seven years.

Gove vows to transform culture of secure training centres

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Michael Gove has promised to transform the culture of secure training centres (STCs) and give them the same amount of support as "ordinary schools", in the wake of allegations of mistreatment of children at Medway STC earlier this year.

Children's services leaders call for restorative justice focus

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Young offenders should be dealt with through restorative justice processes rather than custodial sentences, children's services leaders have said.

Children's Commissioner for England recruits 'evidence expert'

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The Children's Commissioner for England has appointed a director of evidence to help lead delivery of her five-year plan for children. ??

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| CYP Now

New allegations of abuse relating to Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent have emerged.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

Children in residential care are being criminalised at excessively high rates compared with other boys and girls, a campaign group has claimed.

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Action will be taken to tackle gang problems and improve safety in youth jails, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has told MPs.

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) are facing fresh cuts to their funding after the National Probation Service (NPS) informed services of how much they can expect to receive in 2016/17.

Huge increase in 'at-height' custody protests in youth jails

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly placing themselves in danger by climbing onto railings and "anti-suicide" netting, it has emerged.

Safeguarding probe ordered into Medway abuse allegations

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Claims that unnecessary force was used on young people held at a secure training centre in Kent will be investigated by a local safeguarding children board, it has been announced.

Youth custody levels drop to new low

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Friday, February 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of children held in custody have fallen to a new low, latest figures have shown.

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) will be turned into "secure academies" under plans to improve education for young people in custody and reduce reoffending rates.

Theresa May moots PCC-run free schools

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Friday, February 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioners (PCC) could be handed powers to open up their own free schools to support troubled young people at risk of crime, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

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Friday, January 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to harm themselves, latest figures show.

Ofsted calls for body-worn cameras across all youth custody settings

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Staff in all youth custody settings should be made to wear body cameras in a bid to prevent mistreatment of young people, Ofsted and the Prisons Inspectorate have said.

Former YJB chief to decide whether to probe Medway abuse allegations

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The former chief executive of the Youth Justice Board will have the final say on whether a serious case review (SCR) should be conducted into allegations of abuse of children held in custody at Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent.

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Charity launches judicial review bid over ‘unlawful' child detention

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

Inspection highlights secure accommodation shortage

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

Troubled families initiative falls short on first year target

YJB looks to access £200m social care innovation fund

Call to end ‘unnecessary' criminalisation of children in care

YJB ‘ignored' complaints about youth custody

Gove vows to transform culture of secure training centres

Children's services leaders call for restorative justice focus

Children's Commissioner for England recruits 'evidence expert'

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

Huge increase in 'at-height' custody protests in youth jails

Safeguarding probe ordered into Medway abuse allegations

Youth custody levels drop to new low

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

Theresa May moots PCC-run free schools

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

Ofsted calls for body-worn cameras across all youth custody settings

Former YJB chief to decide whether to probe Medway abuse allegations

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