In the last of a series of papers on the UK Research and Innovation-funded research project, Exploring the Youth Justice System’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Professor Hannah Smithson, Dr Deborah Jump and Andrea Nisbet, from the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, in partnership with the Alliance for Youth Justice, focus on the impact it has had on youth custody. Undertaking an in-depth case study of an English young offender institution (YOI) and working with staff and children, they argue that the upheaval caused by the pandemic creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redesign aspects of the youth secure estate. Here, Prof Smithson outlines key ways the custody system and practice can be improved.
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