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Inspectors say better mental health provision is necessary at Parc YOI. Picture: HMI Prisons

News 12 October 2022

Inspectors identify high levels of drug use and self-harm at Parc YOI

Sadiq Khan met with Hakim Sillah's mother, Saranba, in March. Picture: Saranba Sillah

News 10 October 2022

Sadiq Khan to lobby Home Secretary over knife arches in youth justice buildings

Sadiq Khan met with youth workers and medical professionals at King's College London. Picture: CYP Now

News 7 October 2022

Sadiq Khan announces £8m funding to embed youth workers in emergency departments

The funding will help provide support from specialist female and mental health caseworkers. Picture: AdobeStock/SeventyFour

News 6 October 2022

Charity receives £5m to support county lines victims

The fund is designed to find out how trusted adult relationships can help young people learn new skills. Picture: YEF

News 3 October 2022

Mentoring projects set to benefit from £12.5m fund

Yvette Cooper has also pledged to 'outlaw' the exploitation of children. Picture: Parliament UK

News 29 September 2022

Child Q: Labour pledges mandatory rules around strip searching children

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

Opinion 27 September 2022

Four questions for new Youth Custody Service boss

Care-experienced children are 15 times more likely to be criminalised than their peers, according to NYAS. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 September 2022

PCCs urged to step up support for care-experienced young people

There are just 14 girls in custody in England, the report finds. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 September 2022

Inspectors slam 'dysfunctional' secure estate's treatment of vulnerable girls

Helga Swidenbank has been executive director at the YCS for four years

News 14 September 2022

Youth Custody Service chief to step down

The scheme works to deter young people from violence. Picture: Adobe Stock/SeventyFour

News 9 September 2022

Manchester VRU granted £1m for violence deterrence scheme

Kit Malthouse is MP for North West Hampshire. Picture: Parliament UK

News 7 September 2022

Kit Malthouse appointed as Education Secretary

Olivia Pratt-Kobel, nine, is one of nine victims of shootings in Liverpool in recent months. Picture: Merseyside Police

News 1 September 2022

Home Office grants funding to Liverpool youth violence programme after shootings

Other 1 September 2022

Guide to Qualifications and Training: Youth Justice

Children from England and Wales are being transferred more than 300 miles to secure settings. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 31 August 2022

Warning over placement of children from England and Wales in Scottish secure children’s homes