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Youth custody units ‘must be smaller' to tackle violence

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| CYP Now

A campaign group is calling for youth custody units to be reduced in size, amid concerns about gang-related violence in youth prisons.

Prison told to improve services for young women

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

A women's prison has been criticised for not paying enough attention to the needs of 18- to 21-year-olds held there.

YJB chair signals early intervention drive

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| CYP Now

The chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said that persuading police and crime commissioners of the importance of funding early intervention work will be one of his immediate priorities.

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth custody figures are unlikely to come down further until the government legislates to raise the threshold for imprisonment, according to prison reform campaigners.

Youth custody figures hit new low

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Thursday, June 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of under-18s in custody have fallen to a new low, but black and ethnic minority young people now make up four out of every 10 of those detained, latest figures reveal.

YJB moves to improve services for girls who offend

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board is calling on youth offending teams (YOTs) to revise the way they work with female offenders.

Deputy commissioner slams failure to address sex offending by boys

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

England's deputy children's commissioner has hit out at the lack of work being done to address sexual offending with young people in secure settings.

Youth custody levels show annual rise for first time in nine years

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of young people held in custody has risen year-on-year for the first time since 2008, government figures show.

Major study finds relationship between youth crime and morality

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people who commit little or no crime display greater self-control and possess personal morals that fit well with the law, a major study by academics at Cambridge University has found.

Inspectors praise youth offending teams in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

| CYP Now

Work by youth offending team staff in both Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire has been praised following separate inspections.

‘Back to the old ways' for jobless young offenders

Other

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Just under a decade ago, I visited a young offender institution with the first Children's Commissioner for Wales, the late Peter Clarke. Peter had never been to such a place and I recall how he was quite affected by many of its characteristics.

Restraint and self-harm incidents on the rise in youth jails

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are being increasingly subjected to restraint, while incidents of self-harm are also on the rise, despite falling numbers of under-18s in the secure estate.

Prisons to become ‘secure colleges'

Other

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice wants to transform youth custody with an enhanced focus on education

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax, What Works Network, and strip-searching

Other

Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Disabled children start legal bid on room-sharing plans; policy advice network launches, and concerns over prevalence of strip-searching in youth custody, all in the news today.

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

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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.

Inspectorate praises Wetherby YOI for fall in restraint

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised a young offender institution in Yorkshire after a drop in the use of restraint on young people held there, despite evidence of "excessive" and "inappropriate" techniques being used.

Councils stung by 500m youth remand bill

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| CYP Now

The government's proposed changes to the youth justice system could cost local authorities an additional half a billion pounds each year, an investigation by CYP Now has found.

Crae seeks first-hand accounts of violence in custody

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| CYP Now

A children's rights organisation is looking at ways to end violence against children in custody with the help of those who have experienced it.

Warren Hill YOI told to address bullying

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| CYP Now

A young offender institution (YOI) hit by major rioting last year has made progress, but serious concerns remain about incidents of bullying and the use of strip-searching, the chief inspector of prisons has concluded.

Use of segregation at Ashfield YOI soars

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

| CYP Now

The use of solitary confinement of children at a young offender institution (YOI) has doubled in the space of just three years, figures released in parliament have revealed.

Youth custody numbers fall to lowest level since the creation of the YJB

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of under-18s in custody has fallen to below 1,700 for the first time since the Youth Justice Board was created in 1998, latest figures released by the Ministry of Justice have shown.

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

Child arrests fall but violence in custody rises

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of under-18s being arrested is continuing to fall, but levels of violence and self-harm in youth custody are on the rise, government figures show.

YJB decommissions secure training and custody places

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people will no longer be held at a controversial young offender institution and a secure training centre after it was announced that places at the establishments will be "decommissioned" due to falling custody numbers.