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Ofsted lauds improvements at Hassockfield
Ofsted inspectors have praised Hassockfield Secure Training Centre six months on from a critical report that branded the Serco-run centre as inadequate.
Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'
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Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.
Campaigners urge Labour to make age of criminal responsibility central to justice policy
Raising the age of criminal responsibility and focusing more on early intervention at a local level should form the basis of Labour's new criminal justice policy, according to a campaign group.
YOTs gear up for introduction of gang injunctions
Youth offending teams are to receive training to prepare them for the introduction of controversial gang injunctions for children.
Youth custody in depth
ChildRIGHT: Strategy for reform of the secure estate
Elizabeth Yarrow, international researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at plans for young people's prisons in England and Wales.
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