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One in 20 child strip-searches fail to meet legal safeguards, Children’s Commissioner warns

Monday, August 19, 2024

| CYP Now

One in 20 strip-searches carried out on children over the last five years failed to meet legal standards of practice, research from the Children’s Commissioner for England finds.

YJB ‘supports alternatives to prosecution’ for children involved in riots

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is looking into “alternatives to prosecution” for children involved in violent disorder across the country in a bid to prevent reoffending, the organisation’s chair had said.

Campaigners call for swift closure of child prisons

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Monday, August 12, 2024

| CYP Now

Children’s rights and justice charities have called for the urgent closure of all youth custody settings because a review of evidence shows they cannot be made safe or suitable for children.