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Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings and police stations should contain cameras that record sound to prevent young offenders being subjected to violence, a report has claimed.

Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice for children and young people will be seriously undermined because the government has failed to recognise them as a group distinct from adults in its reforms to legal aid, the Children's Society has claimed.

Long-distance youth custody placements 'reduce family visits'

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people who are held in youth custody miles away from their home receive fewer visits from their family than those who are detained closer, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Fewer children in jobless households, a call for internet guidance for parents, and five arrested by police investigating the alleged rape of 15-year-old, all in the news today.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Courts will be required to take into account the overrepresentation of black and ethnic minority children in the youth justice system when they sentence children, under new guidance coming into force this summer.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

News

Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Call to end ‘unnecessary' criminalisation of children in care

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Monday, May 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Government must do more to protect children in care from unnecessary criminalisation, a year-long probe has concluded.

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost half of all boys held in young offender institutions (YOIs) feel "unsafe" in custody, the highest level recorded since the Prisons Inspectorate began recording views in 2001, a study has found.

Gang databases result in 'stop and search by association'

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Police databases of gang members are contributing to young people being stopped and searched based on who they hang out with and the colour of their skin, an academic has found.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

A campaign to break the taboo of child sexual exploitation, claims of autistic children being ‘locked up' for bad behaviour, and a call for a ban on junk food advertising, all in the news today.

Councillors called on to visit young people in secure settings

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for England has sent out a plea to local authority leaders to visit children and young people imprisoned as a result of rioting and looting this summer.

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government does not know how many children are vulnerable and agencies cannot agree on how to define and identify them, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

News

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

News

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has called on magistrates to name and shame children involved in last week's riots, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

Other

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner for England Maggie Atkinson looks ahead as the UNCRC marks its Silver Jubilee.

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Other

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The next children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield must stand up to the government if she is to champion the rights of children and young people and allay concerns over the role's independence.

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

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Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Children's charities have launched a damning report highlighting the government's failure to prioritise children, reports Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has been accused of breaking an international treaty on children's rights after it emerged that young offenders are being transferred from youth custody to adult prisons.

Police deny young people's rights in custody, High Court told

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people's rights are being breached because of a failure to offer independent support and advice to 17-year-olds in police custody, it has been claimed.

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancies, abuse campaign, and Universal Credit

Other

Thursday, December 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in number of births to teenage mums; Home Office campaign on teen abuse launches; and government welfare reforms to be delayed, all in the news today.

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Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

Legal aid changes 'ignore children and young people'

Long-distance youth custody placements 'reduce family visits'

Daily roundup: Unemployment, digital footprints and sexual exploitation

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Call to end ‘unnecessary' criminalisation of children in care

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

Gang databases result in 'stop and search by association'

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; ‘punishment room' claims, and action on junk food

Councillors called on to visit young people in secure settings

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

Let's be ready to answer for our children's rights record

Independent voice a must for commissioner Anne Longfield

Legal Update: Government rights failings exposed

Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails

Police deny young people's rights in custody, High Court told

Daily roundup: Teenage pregnancies, abuse campaign, and Universal Credit

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