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Custodial decisions 'made in the dark', claim campaigners

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| CYP Now

A campaign group is calling for decisions on placing children in custody to be grounded on safety rather than cost, in the wake of two deaths of teenagers last month.

Ofsted and Prisons Inspectorate join forces to conduct secure training centre inspections

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Inspections of secure training centres (STCs) will be conducted jointly between Ofsted and the Prisons Inspectorate from April 2012.

Secure training centre receives high praise from Ofsted

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Oakhill secure training centre (STC) has received a glowing report from Ofsted inspectors who applauded its education and welfare services and the innovation of staff and management.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

High praise for Wales's only juvenile prison

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison holding young people in Wales is among the best juvenile facilities in the system, inspectors have found.

Unlawful force contributed to Adam Rickwood's death, inquest finds

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The jury in the second inquest into the death of young offender Adam Rickwood has ruled that an unlawful use of force by professionals contributed to his death.

Inspectors praise progress at Lancaster Farms YOI

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Monday, November 21, 2011

| CYP Now

A young offender institution (YOI) in Lancashire has been praised for making significant progress in health and education provision.

Inspectors hail resettlement provision at Hassockfield STC

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

A secure training centre has been praised for its "outstanding" work to resettle young offenders back into the community.

Oakhill STC inspection raises safeguarding concerns

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A secure training centre has been praised for its work with young offenders but has been told to improve child protection procedures.

Government urged to close 'irredeemable' secure training centre

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

| CYP Now

A group of 36 children's rights advocates are urging the government to close a secure training centre (STC) where staff use pain-inducing restraint to control children.

Delays and funding cuts blight young offender resettlement project

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

| CYP Now

A replacement for a controversial resettlement scheme for young offenders in London has been delayed and is facing a reduction in funding, CYP Now has learned.

Lin Hinnigan named as YJB chief executive

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Monday, December 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A former social worker and educational psychologist has been selected as the new chief executive of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Major young offender resettlement scheme announced for London

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Crime reduction charity Nacro has won a contract to run a high profile payment-by-results resettlement scheme for young offenders in London.

Call for custody decisions to be scrutinised to improve safety

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Decisions on custody placements for young offenders should be subject to inspection in order to improve safety for under-18s in prison, a charity has said.

Boris Johnson bids for control of youth justice

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

London mayor Boris Johnson has outlined plans to lobby government to give him more control of youth justice policy in the capital.

Magistrates more likely to send black young people to custody, study finds

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Monday, September 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Young black boys are 1.23 times more likely to be sentenced to custody by magistrates than their white peers, a Ministry of Justice study has found.

Former YJB director made to drop police and crime commissioner bid

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

| CYP Now

A former director of strategy at the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has stepped down as a police and crime commissioner candidate because of a criminal conviction he acquired as a minor.

Secure schools to launch as early as 2019

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

| CYP Now

Two pilot "secure schools" could be up and running in the next two years as part of efforts to improve safety in the youth secure estate and reduce reoffending, youth justice minister Phillip Lee has said.

Youth custody places to be reduced further

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has announced plans to further reduce the number of places in youth custody, as the population of under-18s in the secure estate continues to fall.