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WIT chair Sophie Humphreys has implemented similar strategies at Pause. Picture: Pause

News 29 January 2021

Programme launches offering 'radical' approach to reduce youth reoffending

Levels of restraint and self-harm increased despite overall numbers of detained young people going down. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 29 January 2021

Self-harm and restraint incidents in youth custody hit five-year high, figures show

Russell: “Staff and managers were really committed to trying to keep the service going” during the pandemic

Features 26 January 2021

Youth offending services: Inspections Clinic

Overall, 15.7 per cent of the sample were referred for a secure children’s home placement because they were seen as a danger to others. Picture: Phil Adams

Research 26 January 2021

Unlocking the Facts: Young People Referred to Secure Children’s Homes

YJB chair Keith Fraser has called for action to address the "system-wide issue". Picture: YJB

News 25 January 2021

Black boys subject to harsher sentences, new Youth Justice Board research finds

Some children were confined to cells for 23.5 hours a day, inspectors found. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 21 January 2021

Rainsbrook STC still subjecting children to ‘bleak’ isolation regime, inspectors find

Charlie Taylor: 'If action is not taken, outcomes will remain poor for the next decade'. Image: YJB

News 20 January 2021

Young prisoners ‘failed for a decade' over rehabilitation and reoffending, Charlie Taylor warns

Campaigners are calling for more support for female victims of trauma. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 January 2021

Nine in ten female young offenders are victims of abuse, research finds

Children will have custody times shortened. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 January 2021

Government U-turn exempts children from extended custody time limits

Kingston and Richmond YOS was rated 'good' by inspectors. Picture: Google Maps

News 7 January 2021

Kingston and Richmond YOS praised by inspectors over family support

Professional coaches will support young people to appreciate their own strengths

Analysis 5 January 2021

Coaching for a crime-free life

Youth Now aims to effect change in communities blighted by violence in Oldham. Picture: SakhanPhotography/Adobe Stock

Features 5 January 2021

Contextual Safeguarding tackles youth violence in Oldham

Inspectors found children had been locked in cells for 23.5 hours a day. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 5 January 2021

Church threatens legal action over solitary confinement of children at Rainsbrook STC

Charlie Taylor said children had been held in solitary confinement. Picture: HMI Prisons

News 18 December 2020

Urgent improvement notice issued over isolation of children at Rainsbrook STC

Rachel de Souza will take up the position in March next year. Picture: DfE

News 17 December 2020

Rachel De Souza named as new children’s commissioner