“I am pleased to complete my tenure on a positive note,” reflects Justin Russell following the publication of his final annual report as chief inspector of probation, which reveals that no youth justice services were rated “inadequate” in 2022.
In the same year, 77 per cent of the 33 services inspected were rated as “good” or “outstanding” compared with 58 per cent in 2018/19, the report finds. Youth Justice Board (YJB) statistics for 2021/22 show that the number of children in custody was down 19 per cent on the previous year and the lowest level on record – to just 450 children in 2022 – a proportion described as “vanishingly small” by Russell.
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