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Youth justice roundup

News

Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Smartphone warning, youth offending project saved, but gangs initiative to close, all in the news this week.

Campaigners to continue fight against new antisocial behaviour legislation

News

Monday, March 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners have vowed to fight parts of the government's new antisocial behaviour laws after the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act received royal assent.

Home Office bids to increase gang injunction use on under-18s

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The Home Office has vowed to increase the use of controversial gang injunctions on under-18s after it emerged they have been used just twice in hotspot areas.

Daily roundup: Substance misuse, social housing, and looked-after children

Other

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Deaths linked to legal highs on the up; bedroom tax leaving tenants behind on rent; and Cafcass data shows large fall in care applications in January, all in the news today.

Rise in restraint and self-harm in youth custody

News

Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to be subjected to restraint and resort to self-harm, latest figures show.

T2A Alliance to fund diversion initiatives for young offenders

News

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Pilot projects to divert young people from crime at different points in the justice system have been launched in six areas of England.

Feltham YOI in frame for secure college

News

Monday, January 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Feltham young offender institution (YOI) could be turned into a secure college under government plans to extend the model across England and Wales, it has emerged.

Government unveils details of "secure college" for young offenders

News

Friday, January 17, 2014

| CYP Now

A single secure college holding up to 320 young offenders is to be constructed as part of government attempts to drive down reoffending rates, it has been announced.

Government minister to lead Youth Justice Board

News

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.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Other

Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Charities unite against scrapping of YOIs for young adults

News

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to scrap young offender institutions (YOIs) for 18- to 20-year-olds and place them with adults instead have been slammed as a "high-stakes gamble" by a group of leading charities and think-tanks.

Young people in custody fear for their future

News

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.

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 justice pilot area sees large drop in custody

News

Monday, November 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth custody levels have been reduced by more than a third in one of the four areas piloting a high profile project providing authorities with cash to invest in alternatives to jail.

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

News

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOI) for 18- to 20-year-olds would be scrapped and young people sent to adult jails instead, under controversial plans being considered by government.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Police use of tasers on children rising, application launched to combat "sexting", and Ministry of Justice commits to maintaining family relationships of female inmates, all in the news in the past seven days.

Service user input is key to solving social problems

Other

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Howard Williamson on why offenders are essential to stopping the cycle of reoffending.

South coast council cuts youth justice entrants

News

Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Brighton & Hove City Council has cut by nearly a third the number of young people entering the youth justice system in its area over the past year.

Ofsted skills director calls for better offender education

News

Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted has called for major improvements to the way young offenders and prisoners are educated.

Call for youth justice guidance to be strengthened

News

Thursday, October 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed new guidance on how youth offending teams are managed and structured risks failing to address key staffing concerns, it has been claimed.

London mayor's resettlement scheme suffers further delay

News

Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A provider for a major young offender resettlement scheme has yet to be appointed more than a year after the scheduled launch date, CYP Now has learned.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

News

Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Youth justice roundup

Other

Thursday, September 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Troubled families progress, inspection of young offender institution for young women, and child sexual exploitation, all in the news in the past seven days.

Daily roundup: Troubled families, sexual exploitation, and childhood obesity

Other

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

14,000 families turned around in government scheme; authorities failing sexually exploited Asian girls; and health visitors "worry about offending parents", all in the news today.

Expert panel heralds 'promising' youth justice schemes

News

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A new expert panel on youth justice has highlighted the effectiveness of three initiatives, paving the way for them to be used more widely by youth offending teams (YOTs) across England and Wales.