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Independent complaints process extended to secure training centres

Monday, September 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people held in secure training centres (STCs) will now be able to make complaints to an independent body after the government acted on concerns raised by campaigners.

Government unveils youth custody shake-up

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution in Suffolk is to close while Feltham Young Offender Institution could be shut and replaced by a new facility under proposals announced today.

Police to probe Serco prisoner contract fraud claims

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Police are to investigate alleged fraud at Serco, which holds the contract for escorting young offenders in England and Wales.

Call to create secure training centres complaints system

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has been called on to introduce an independent complaints process for children in secure training centres (STCs), or face legal action.

Inquiry reveals failings prior to death of 15-year-old in custody

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Better communication between prison staff and mental health services may have helped prevent the suicide of a 15-year-old boy in youth custody, an inquiry has found.

Young adults to be held at Hindley YOI

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Young adults are to be held on the site of a young offender institution, five years after the controversial arrangement was scrapped in a bid to improve services.

Expert panel heralds 'promising' youth justice schemes

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

A new expert panel on youth justice has highlighted the effectiveness of three initiatives, paving the way for them to be used more widely by youth offending teams (YOTs) across England and Wales.

Inspectors find high levels of violence at youth jail

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution has been criticised by inspectors over high levels of violence and the use of segregation.

Youth reoffending rates on the rise

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people reoffending is rising, according to the latest government data.

Ministers face criticism over lack of youth custody visits

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Department for Education ministers have failed to visit a single youth custody establishment in the past three years despite radical plans to replace them with education-focused "secure colleges", it has emerged.

Charities urge statutory family support for prisoners

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

A group of charities has joined forces to campaign for family support services to be made statutory in prisons and young offender institutions (YOIs).

Youth custody ratio rationale comes under fire

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice has admitted that it does not know how many staff work with young people in individual youth prisons, despite introducing a controversial new minimum staffing level.

Trial to curb strip-searching in youth custody

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Compulsory strip-searching of under-18s arriving in custody is to be halted at a youth prison in a trial that could see the practice scrapped altogether.

Legal aid changes could damage living conditions for young prisoners, YOTs warn

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

It will be harder for young people held in youth prisons to challenge their treatment and living conditions if planned changes to legal aid are pushed through, youth offending team (YOT) managers have warned.

Prisons inspectorate blasts Ashfield YOI for unacceptable levels of violence

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution has "compromised the safety" of young people, with some suffering broken bones at the hands of staff, an official report says.

Number of first-time young offenders fell by a quarter in 2012

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people getting into trouble with the law for the first time is continuing to plummet, latest figures show.

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) have been told to improve the way they share information on young people sentenced to custody to make services more efficient and safe.

Inspectors criticise Blackpool youth offending service

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Blackpool's youth offending service has been told to improve after inspectors judged key areas of work including reoffending and child protection to be "unsatisfactory".

Hinnigan outlines revised guidance plans for YOTs

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Updated guidance on the shape and management of youth offending teams (YOTs) is to be issued in light of changes to how they are expected to work, the Youth Justice Board has confirmed.