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Secure estate plans focus on specialist units

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  • Tuesday, April 3, 2012
  • | CYP Now
It has been a tumultuous year for the youth secure estate, with no less than 10 suicides of teenagers in custody since the beginning of March 2011 and the sudden spike in custody rates as a result of last summer's riots providing some worrying challenges.

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

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  • Tuesday, May 1, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Landmark changes to the youth justice system are set to come into effect over the next year after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (Laspo) Bill received Royal Assent today (1 May).

Youth custody levels reach new low

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  • Monday, May 14, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The number of under-18s in custody has fallen to the lowest level since the Youth Justice Board began collecting records, latest statistics have shown.