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Young adults and children have reported spending 22 hours a day in cells. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 26 June 2020

Young prisoners 'spending 22 hours a day in cells' due to pandemic, charities warn

CYP Now wants to highlight vital work being done to support disadvantaged children. Picture: Adobe Stock

Features 23 June 2020

CYP Now launches #Chances4Children campaign

Enver Solomon: It should never be acceptable for a child who has faced great adversity to be without a caring home.

News 23 June 2020

Covid-19 court delays lead to more children convicted as adults, report warns

Blogs 18 June 2020

Have your say on revised advocacy standards and regulations

Charlie Taylor has made 15 recommendations for improvements to the use of restraint against children

News 18 June 2020

Review sets out reforms to painful restraint use but stops short of calling for outright ban

New criteria would ensure that custody is only made available for the most serious crimes, the report says. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 June 2020

Custody for children should be a 'last resort', disproportionality report urges

A rise in gang-based drug dealing in Medway made YOT work more complex, inspectors say. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 4 June 2020

Medway YOT praised for ‘slow but determined’ progress

Drugs gangs are increasingly using social media platforms to target young people, the NYA warns. Picture Adobe Stock

News 3 June 2020

County lines gangs 'adapting' to Covid-19 lockdown, new report warns

MP for Leeds West Richard Burgon branded the disproportionality in the system 'disgraceful'. Picture: Parliament UK

News 3 June 2020

Disproportionality in youth justice system 'as bad as in America', former shadow justice secretary warns

Jaden Moodie was stabbed to death in east London in January 2019. Picture: Metropolitan Police

News 26 May 2020

Jaden Moodie: Murder of boy, 14, highlights need for national exploitation system, review finds

Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, is leading the campaign. Picture: Howard League for Penal Reform

News 20 May 2020

Howard League calls for end to remanding unsentenced children in custody

Oxfordshire's youth justice service has been rated 'good' by inspectors. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 15 May 2020

Oxfordshire youth justice service praised over work to tackle child criminal exploitation

Cookham Wood was among three YOIs visited by inspectors

News 7 May 2020

How YOIs are supporting young people during Covid-19

The study was commissioned by Northumbria Police. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 1 May 2020

Police need ACE training to better understand impact of child violence, study says

More needs to be done to improve levels of violence at Rainsbrook, inspectors said.

News 29 April 2020

‘More effort’ needed to bring down high levels of violence at STC