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YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

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  • Wednesday, August 26, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Spending on staff in young offender institutions (YOIs) will be cut and efforts to make the restraint system safer will be shelved as part of Youth Justice Board (YJB) proposals to deal with emergency in-year cuts imposed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), it has emerged.

Knife-point robberies up 10 per cent

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  • Thursday, January 19, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Latest figures show that knife-point robberies have increased by 10 per cent in England and Wales, just days before a bill proposing mandatory sentences for teenagers involved with knife crime is due to be debated by Lords.

Inspectors praise combined youth offending service

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  • Wednesday, October 12, 2016
  • | CYP Now
A combined youth offending service that was created through the merger of youth offending service (YOS) and a youth offending team (YOT) on the South West coast has been praised by inspectors.

Youth reoffending on the rise

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  • Monday, October 31, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Youth reoffending rates have risen in seven out of 10 local authorities, latest government statistics have shown, bucking a downward trend in recent years.

YOI child-to-staff ratio to rise

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  • Friday, May 10, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Staff in some young offender institutions will have to oversee more young people under plans developed by the Prison Service, CYP Now can exclusively reveal.