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This year's award ceremony was held virtually

Features 4 March 2021

CYP Now Awards: Winners revealed

Inmates at Wetherby and Keppel YOI missed out on nine months of face-to-face education, inspectors found. Picture Google Maps

News 26 February 2021

Inspectors criticise Wetherby and Keppel YOI over education failings

Mentoring schemes are among those likely to be funded. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 26 February 2021

New £20m fund focuses on keeping children out of justice system

The project will support the recovery of children and families. Picture: Children 1st

News 26 February 2021

#Chances4Children: UK’s first centre to protect child witnesses of crime to open in Scotland

Nurseries remain open while schools have closed. Picture: Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2021

Coronavirus: Latest guidance for early years, schools, social workers, youth and youth justice services

Half of children in youth custody are care-experienced, latest figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock/posed by model

News 25 February 2021

Police and crime commissioner candidates urged to end criminalisation of care-experienced children

Rob Butler MP present the bill in the House of Commons. Picture: Rob Butler/Twitter

News 24 February 2021

Bill launches to ensure all crimes by young people dealt with by youth court

Young people have reported more access to outdoor activities. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 February 2021

Inspectors find ‘early signs of improvement’ at troubled Rainsbrook STC

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor

Analysis 23 February 2021

Nightingale courts not enough to reduce number of child prisoners, say experts

John Drew is a senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust and former chief executive of the Youth Justice Board

Opinion 23 February 2021

Tackle under-use of secure children’s homes

Charlie Taylor: 'Locking prisoners up in prolonged isolation has never been a feature of a healthy prison'. Picture: HMIP

News 15 February 2021

Coronavirus restrictions in youth jails ‘impacting children’s wellbeing’

The first secure school is planned on the site of Medway STC. Picture: G4S

News 11 February 2021

MPs question secure school delays

Children were kept in cells at Rainsbrook STC for as many as 23.5 hours a day, inspectors found. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 10 February 2021

Two-year extension of Rainsbrook STC contract sparks concerns

Angela Wrightson was tortured in her home. Picture: Cleveland Police

News 8 February 2021

Teenage girls who killed vulnerable woman given lifetime anonymity

Alliance for Youth Justice director Pippa Goodfellow: “The AYJ aims to promote the rights and voices of children, and to amplify the views and experiences of our members”

News 3 February 2021

Standing Committee for Youth Justice relaunches as Alliance for Youth Justice