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Major young offender resettlement scheme announced for London

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.

Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has been accused of breaking an international treaty on children's rights after it emerged that young offenders are being transferred from youth custody to adult prisons.

Ashfield YOI to close in response to falling custody levels

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

A controversial privately run young offender institution is to stop holding under-18s as part of a prison estate shake-up announced by the Ministry of Justice today.

Fresh review of YJB announced

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is to be reviewed for the third time in as many years, the government has announced.

Custody pathfinder pilots demand new terms

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Two groups of local authorities are considering pulling out of a landmark youth custody pilot scheme, unless the terms of the project are amended, CYP Now can reveal.

Commissioner backs mentors for young offenders

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

All young offenders should have access to an adult mentor, a report by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People has claimed.

Rise in youth custody safety concerns

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people feel less safe in youth prisons despite a large drop in the number of under-18s being detained, a report has found.

Daily roundup: Rochdale resignation, the Scout Promise, and Bristol young offenders in judicial review

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| CYP Now

The chair of Rochdale's safeguarding children board resigns, an alternative Scout pledge is considered for atheists, and a legal hearing into the punishment of young offenders in Bristol, all in the news today.

Youth custody units ‘must be smaller' to tackle violence

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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.

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.

Plan to increase specialist help for the most troubled young offenders

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Monday, November 26, 2012

| CYP Now

A scheme to support the most vulnerable young offenders in the youth secure estate is to be expanded across the country, in an attempt to reduce violence and self-harm in custody.

Youth custody education ‘must be expanded'

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to improve education for young offenders in custody must focus on increasing existing provision and offering more opportunities for higher-level qualifications, a charity has said.

GCSE passes of young offenders plummets

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Friday, November 16, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of GCSE passes achieved by young people in custody has fallen by nearly half, prompting concerns over the quality of education provision.

Call for YJB to address lack of ‘fear response' among young offenders

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

New ways of dealing with young offenders with mental impairments must be devised in light of emerging evidence on the issue, a former member of the Youth Justice Board has said.

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.

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.

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.

Nacro urges preventative work to divert young people from gangs

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

More focus must be placed on diverting young people from antisocial behaviour at an earlier stage, in order to tackle the problem of gangs, a crime reduction charity has said.