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Children's rights alliance attacks offender restraint report for backing pain compliance

Thursday, March 10, 2011

| CYP Now

An independent report into physical restraint of young offenders has been criticised for continuing to support the use of so-called "pain compliance" techniques.

Youth Justice Board website to be shut down

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Monday, March 14, 2011

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) website is to be closed down at the end of the month as part of government efforts to reduce the number of websites it runs.

Children's commissioner backs restraint ban

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Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The use of pain to control children in the secure estate must be abolished in England and Wales to comply with international standards the children's commissioner has warned.

Immigration detainee dies after being found hanging at Glen Parva

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| CYP Now

An immigration detainee has died in hospital a week after being found hanging in his cell at a young offender institution (YOI).

Ethnic minority young people more likely to be arrested and sent to custody

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Monday, November 21, 2016

| CYP Now

Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) boys are more likely to be arrested, charged, committed to crown court, and receive a custodial sentence than their white peers, new figures have shown.

Young offenders reap benefits of speech therapy

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Research carried out by a youth offending team (YOT) in London has revealed the benefits of speech and language therapy for young offenders.

Reduction in YOT requirements gets green light

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Friday, December 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Plans to reduce requirements on youth offending teams (YOTs) across England and Wales are to go ahead despite four pilot projects for the initiative being shelved, CYP Now has learned.

Safeguarding measures for children in custody found lacking

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

| CYP Now

More must be done to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in police custody, a joint inspection report has found.

Young adults to be held at Hindley YOI

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Young adults are to be held on the site of a young offender institution, five years after the controversial arrangement was scrapped in a bid to improve services.

Feltham YOI violence renews calls for closure

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

| CYP Now

Children's rights campaigners have called for the closure of Feltham Young Offenders institution (YOI) after 20 members of staff were attacked.

Police figures reveal disproportionate arrests of BAME children in London

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Six out of 10 children and young people arrested in London are from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, accordingly to latest analysis by criminal justice campaigners.

Offender incident reports to link up with serious case reviews

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Procedures for investigating serious incidents involving young offenders in the community are to be aligned more closely with serious case reviews, the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has announced.

Youth Justice Board confirms death in custody

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has confirmed that a child died in custody earlier this year, the first death of an under-18 in the youth secure estate since 2015.

Gang exit schemes to expand across London

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

A pan-London gang exit service is to be created as part of efforts to help young people move away from crime, it has been announced.

More than 1,000 under-10s searched by police

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,100 children under the age of criminal responsibility have been stopped and searched by police in the space of five years, it has emerged.

Labour Party Conference: 'PCCs best placed to tackle cycle of offending'

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Home affairs committee chair Keith Vaz has criticised the Labour Party's pledge to abolish police and crime commissioners (PCCs) if it wins the next general election.

Housing barriers threaten young offender rehabilitation, study finds

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Young offenders leaving custody face a battle to access suitable housing, heightening the risk they will continue to be involved in crime, a report has warned.

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' Hassockfield resettlement work

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Hassockfield Secure Training Centre (STC) has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for its efforts to resettle young offenders back into the community.

Young people in custody fear for their future

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

| CYP Now

An increasing proportion of young people in custody fear they will have problems setting themselves up and getting a job on their release, a major study has found.

Government minister to lead Youth Justice Board

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Government minister Lord McNally has been appointed as the new chair of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Cut in specialist custody provision to save £6m

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of custodial places in secure children's homes (SCHs) are to be reduced by nearly a fifth.

Uncertain future hangs over acclaimed secure unit for girls

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison for 17-year-old girls that has been lauded for its "exceptionally positive" work could be forced to close due to funding issues, the chief inspector of prisons has warned.

Johnson allocates 3.5m to combat reoffending in the capital

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Friday, March 2, 2012

| CYP Now

The mayor of London has announced funding of 3.5m to reduce youth reoffending rates, after it emerged that support for a high-profile project at Feltham Young Offender Institution (YOI) will not be renewed.

Call to keep teenage girls out of custody

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Teenage girls are committing less crime, with a big fall in violent offences, but are ending up in custody over "minor misdemeanours" a parliamentary inquiry has found.

Plan to increase specialist help for the most troubled young offenders

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Monday, November 26, 2012

| CYP Now

A scheme to support the most vulnerable young offenders in the youth secure estate is to be expanded across the country, in an attempt to reduce violence and self-harm in custody.

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Children's rights alliance attacks offender restraint report for backing pain compliance

Youth Justice Board website to be shut down

Children's commissioner backs restraint ban

Immigration detainee dies after being found hanging at Glen Parva

Ethnic minority young people more likely to be arrested and sent to custody

Young offenders reap benefits of speech therapy

Reduction in YOT requirements gets green light

Safeguarding measures for children in custody found lacking

Young adults to be held at Hindley YOI

Feltham YOI violence renews calls for closure

Police figures reveal disproportionate arrests of BAME children in London

Offender incident reports to link up with serious case reviews

Youth Justice Board confirms death in custody

Gang exit schemes to expand across London

More than 1,000 under-10s searched by police

Labour Party Conference: 'PCCs best placed to tackle cycle of offending'

Housing barriers threaten young offender rehabilitation, study finds

Inspectors praise 'outstanding' Hassockfield resettlement work

Young people in custody fear for their future

Government minister to lead Youth Justice Board

Cut in specialist custody provision to save £6m

Uncertain future hangs over acclaimed secure unit for girls

Johnson allocates 3.5m to combat reoffending in the capital

Call to keep teenage girls out of custody

Plan to increase specialist help for the most troubled young offenders

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