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Justice minister Dominic Raab announced plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 April 2022

Abandon plans for bill of rights, government urged

Children in London are more likely to be remanded in custody, according to the YJB. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 April 2022

YJB to pilot supported accommodation scheme for children in custody

West Mercia has "few arrangements" in place to support children in custody, inspectors found. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 22 April 2022

Police force urged to improve access to accommodation for children kept in cells

The CSA Centre is calling for greater understanding of the identification of sexual abuse in children. Picture: CSA Centre

News 22 April 2022

Concern over decrease in child protection plans citing sexual abuse

Children who have been trafficked are more likely to go missing from care, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 19 April 2022

Sharp increase in proportion of trafficked children missing from care

Sadiq Khan speaks to professionals and families with experience of child-to-parent abuse.

News 12 April 2022

Greater understanding of child-to-parent abuse needed across London, Sadiq Khan warns

Ofsted has announced the resumption of its JTAI programme. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 April 2022

HMI Probation drops out of joint targeted area inspections

Eight in 10 children in custody have been excluded from school, government figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 April 2022

Education Secretary urged to protect excluded children from exploitation

Exploiters will often engineer a child’s exclusion, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 8 April 2022

How school exclusions entrench child criminal exploitation

Young people at Feltham YOI worked with Kintetic Youth to produce art centred around the war in Ukraine. Picture: Kinetic Youth

News 6 April 2022

Ukrainian refugees thank young people at Feltham YOI for messages of support

The treatment of children in youth custody settings should be focused on supporting young people, Dr Anne-Marie Day argues. Picture: Keele University

News 25 March 2022

‘Conflicting’ youth justice policies cause ‘chaos’ for staff, academic warns

Lib Peck is director of London's VRU. Picture: London VRU

News 25 March 2022

Youth workers feel ‘professionally abandoned’, says director of London’s VRU

Children excluded from school and those with mental health issues are among those most at risk, research shows. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 24 March 2022

Covid increases risk of criminalisation among vulnerable children, report warns

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

Opinion 24 March 2022

Make Oakhill review public to shape youth custody

Most young women in the justice system have experienced trauma, experts say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 23 March 2022

Fury over placement of three girls at all-male YOI