The Youth Justice Board (YJB) will oversee the pilots at Glen Parva, Doncaster, Hull and New Hall as part of the youth to adult transition project, which aims to improve the safety and outcomes of young people in custody once they turn 18.
The pilots allow the custodial establishments to request information from youth offending teams (YOTs) relating to offenders.
Concerns were previously raised by the Transition to Adulthood Alliance over the dramatic drop in support available to young offenders as they move from the youth to the adult criminal justice system.
Improving the sharing of information can allow for better risk and vulnerability assessments for young people – an issue that came under the spotlight last year in the wake of 11 self-inflicted deaths of young people aged 21 and under in the secure estate, the highest number since 2005.
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