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Violence and self-harm in youth custody rise to record high

Friday, January 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The use of restraint, number of assaults, and levels of self-harm among young people in custody have all risen to a new high despite ongoing efforts to improve safety, it has emerged.

Prisons inspector finds little progress on youth custody resettlement

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

| CYP Now

Little progress has been made on improving resettlement support for young offenders leaving custody since a critical report last year, a group of MPs has been told.

Young offender dog training scheme to go nationwide

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

A community sentencing scheme that involves young offenders training dogs is to be expanded nationwide as part of attempts to provide alternatives to custody.

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.

Joint secure training centre inspections to focus on restraint

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Secure training centres will only achieve an "adequate" rating if restraint is used as a last resort to protect young people from serious harm, under plans for a joint inspection regime between Ofsted and the prisons inspectorate.

Vox Pop: Will joint inspections reduce the use of restraint in STCs?

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Secure training centre inspections between Ofsted and the prisons inspectorate will focus on restraint

YOI praised for progress prior to custody death

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where a 15-year-old boy was found hanging in January was praised by inspectors following a visit just two months before his death, a report has revealed.

Prison deterrent scheme wins praise

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A project showing children what it is like to be sentenced to custody has a lasting effect on pupils, research has found.

Researchers to explore the issue of sex in youth custody

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Sex in young offender institutions and secure training centres will be investigated as part of a two-year study by the Howard League for Penal Reform.

Increased safeguarding risk at the heart of secure college concerns

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth justice experts say the government's plans to create a "fortified school" will bring welcome focus on education for young people in custody, but that its proposed size raises questions over safety and the quality of learning.

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners have hit out at plans to allow staff at secure colleges the power to use force on children and young people to "ensure good order and discipline".

Youth justice committee attacks failure to reject custody for behaviour breaches

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ) has criticised a cross-party group of MPs for failing to call for an end to custodial sentences for young people who breach antisocial behaviour orders.

YOI disciplinary procedures 'unfair', says ombudsman

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) have been warned to ensure that disciplinary processes for alleged offences in custody are carried out fairly.

Review: Reoffending

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Reoffending: A practitioner's guide to working with offenders and offending behaviour in the Criminal Justice System

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Rates of education progress for young people held in secure children's homes are around double the expected level, a study has found.

Custody review to create youth suicide prevention strategy

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth justice experts are being called on to help develop a strategy to prevent suicide among young adults in custody.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Daily roundup: Pupil behaviour, children's homes and nursery inspections

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Assaults by pupils on primary school teachers on the rise; new risk assessment guidance for children's homes published; and quarter of early years settings not inspected in last four years, all in the news today.

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The MP who led a review on early intervention has called for the government to hold its nerve in pursuing long-term societal change in the wake of riots across England.

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is considering placing police officers in Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in an effort to tackle high levels of gang violence.

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