A home affairs select committee report on the government’s Antisocial Behaviour Bill, recommends that new behaviour orders should only be used as a “short, focused nudge” to set young people on the right track, and should not be allowed to damage their future prospects.
But despite this, the select committee stopped short of backing calls for the use of custodial penalties to be scrapped in the event that orders are breached. Breach of the proposed Criminal Behaviour Order, which is set to replace Antisocial Behaviour Orders, could carry a maximum prison sentence of five years.
The SCYJ warned that increasing numbers of young people could end up in jail for minor offences, unless custodial penalties are abandoned.
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