The YJB strategy state clearly children should have the opportunity to get involved in decisions about their care and supervision and about how services work (governance).
Ultimately, the strategy champions children's right to a voice, and freedom to seek and impart ideas. High profile figures have previously called for children to have a stronger voice in the youth justice system.
Indeed a report published by Clinks (alongside Peer Power and Beyond Youth Custody) described the extent of young people's involvement in the youth justice system, with the majority feeling they are not being heard.
Most recently the Children's Rights Alliance for England published a detailed briefing paper on children's experiences of contact with the justice system, detailing unnecessary violence being inflicted on children by police, and one young woman describing degrading treatment by prison staff.
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