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Influx of youth remands after riots posed significant safeguarding challenges

Monday, December 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Staff in the secure estate experienced an unprecedented influx of young people following the summer riots, which proved a significant challenge to safeguarding, the prison's inspectorate has reported.

Government 'must legislate to reduce youth custody'

News

Friday, June 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Primary legislation is needed to meet the government's aim of reducing levels of youth custody, it has been claimed.

Interview: Mark Johnson, founder, User Voice

Features

Monday, November 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Mark Johnson is waging a war on interfering middlemen. He's angry young offenders do not have a voice, he's tired of social structures distancing them from policy-makers and he thinks government cuts demonstrate classist principles.

Mentors to support 16- and 17-year-olds on community sentences

News

Monday, April 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Crime prevention charity Catch22 is supplying mentors to young offenders in six London boroughs in a bid to steer them away from crime.

Legal aid changes could damage living conditions for young prisoners, YOTs warn

News

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

It will be harder for young people held in youth prisons to challenge their treatment and living conditions if planned changes to legal aid are pushed through, youth offending team (YOT) managers have warned.

One in 10 YOTs 'miss opportunities' to divert children from crime

News

Thursday, January 31, 2019

| CYP Now

Some children may be unnecessarily ending up with a criminal record because not all youth offending teams (YOTs) are offering diversion schemes, research suggests.

Daily roundup: child poverty, social work bonuses and apprenticeships

News

Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Claims the government will miss its child poverty targets; Doncaster Council offers cash incentives to social workers; and the Sutton Trust calls for more apprenticeship places, all in the news today.

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Criminal justice inspectorates in England and Wales are to carry out an investigation into the effectiveness of services that work with girl offenders.

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

News

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Failing youth offending teams (YOTs) will face intervention measures under plans announced by a government minister.

Youth offending teams unveil merger plans

News

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Cheshire West and Halton and Warrington youth offending teams (YOTs) are to merge, creating one of the largest services in England and Wales.

Child custody campaign ends after five years

News

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

| CYP Now

A high-profile campaign to reduce numbers of children in custody is to conclude by the end of the year when its funding finishes, it has been confirmed.

Legal Update: Antisocial behaviour law reforms

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The Antisocial Behaviour Bill 2012 proposes extensive changes, including to the use of injunctions on children. Christopher Sykes, legal officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the proposals

Commons committee votes to proceed with abolition of YJB

News

Friday, September 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Hopes that the Youth Justice Board will avoid the axe have been dealt a blow after a group of MPs voted to proceed with its abolition.

Details of young offender deaths revealed

News

Thursday, October 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Details of how 23 children under the supervision of youth offending teams died in the community last year have emerged after the Youth Justice Board released fresh information on the incidents.

MoJ confirms 132 young offender deaths in the community

News

Thursday, July 14, 2011

| CYP Now

A total 132 young offenders have died while under supervision in the community since 2006, figures released in parliament have revealed.

Youth prisons have capacity to cope with rise in remands after riots, confirms YJB chief

News

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth jails have more than enough capacity to deal with an expected surge in demand as a result of riots breaking out across England, the head of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said.

YJB reforms focus on innovative services

Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Giving the Youth Justice Board more freedom over how it funds local provision could see more outcome-driven services being developed.

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of young people convicted for an offence for the first time is continuing to fall, latest Ministry of Justice figures have revealed.

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

News

Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.