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Youth custody: Death in custody prompts calls for investigation into system

18 August 2004, Young People Now

The apparent suicide of 14-year-old Adam Rickwood has sparked renewed calls for a rethink of juvenile custody. Adam's death has prompted calls for an investigation into the treatment of young...

Feltham to test out restraint technique

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Feltham Young Offender Institution is to trial new techniques for the control and restraint of juvenile offenders. A Home Office spokesman said the methods would be piloted before the end...

Violence highest in youth institutions

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) for young men are the most violent of all prisons, according to an analysis of Prison Service information by the Prison Reform Trust. The trust found...

Oakhill to provide education workers

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Every young offender entering Oakhill Secure Training Centre will be assigned a dedicated education worker, it was announced last week. The Milton Keynes-based centre is due to open within the...

Youth work: Social care register could be extended

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Youth workers could be added to the social care register under proposals from the General Social Care Council. In a consultation document launched last week, the council suggests including outreach...

Employment: Career academies scheme to expand

18 August 2004, Young People Now

A business-backed project giving disadvantaged young people the chance to work in a blue-chip company is to expand. The UK Career Academy Foundation was formed in 2001 by global finance...

Arts beat

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Murder musical Part of a musical entitled Deep Water made it to the Belfast stage last week with the help of young people from The Rainbow Factory, a performing arts...

In Brief: Criminals' children

18 August 2004, Young People Now

The children of criminals will be tracked and supported from an early age to stop them following in their parents' footsteps, the Home Office has announced....

In Brief: Participation funding

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Youth charity Changemakers is to run the Government's Consultation Fund, which supports youth participation....

In Brief: Ofsted reports

18 August 2004, Young People Now

Wolverhampton needs to improve the quality of its youth work, an Ofsted report published said this week. A separate inspection described Dorset's youth service as good (YPN, 28 July-3 August,...