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A moving parting gift from young offenders

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
    • | CYP Now
As my board membership of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) was coming to an end last month, I paid a final visit to Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Parc, near Bridgend.

Surviving on the inside

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 12, 2010
    • | CYP Now
I smiled at the recent finding by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons that a significant number of prisoners declare themselves to be Muslims because that way they get better food.

Shhh... Every Child Matters lives on

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 9, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Watch out, the language police are about. An internal Department for Education memo lists 30 terms the government wants consigned to history, and the words that should be used in their place. Many relate directly to children's services.

Resilience prevails amid Osborne's bleak choices

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2012
    • | CYP Now
Like a piercing, bitter English winter, Chancellor George Osbourne's "autumn statement" was eye-wateringly harsh. It is, without doubt, children and young people growing up in the most deprived households who are being asked to bear the brunt.

Commissioner for Wales is up to the challenge

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 25, 2008
    • | CYP Now
It was an "exceedingly drawn-out" appointments process, according to one Welsh politician. But Keith Towler came through the interviews, both with young people and politicians, to secure the position of children's commissioner for Wales, just under a year after the untimely death of his predecessor Peter Clarke.

Steps towards child-friendly justice

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 8, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The Council of Europe is drawing up guidelines on child-friendly justice for member states, as we reveal this week. They cover not just the youth justice system but all elements of justice, from the family courts to care proceedings.

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