In his State of Youth Justice 2020 report, Tim Bateman, deputy chair of the National Association of Youth Justice (NAYJ), raises concerns over increasing disproportionality across the youth custody estate despite an overall drop in first-time entrants.
“As the system has contracted over the last decade, the overrepresentation of minority ethnic children, particularly black and mixed heritage children, has become more pronounced,” Bateman says.
Ministry of Justice figures show that while 18 per cent of the children aged 10-17 in the general population come from a minority ethnic background, 27 per cent of children cautioned or convicted in 2019 were of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) origin – a rise from 14 per cent in 2010.
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