The government’s Breaking the Cycle green paper called for youth offending teams (YOTs) to establish compliance panels to help reduce the number of young people sent to custody for breaching community orders.
In 2010/11, 1,220 young people received a custodial sentence for breaching an order, with a further 193 sentenced to custody for breaching bail.
The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is now spearheading a drive to introduce the panels across England and Wales.
A new YJB framework highlights a range of different models used by local areas.
Lucy Dawes, director of performance at the YJB, says: “There are a variety of models out there. YOTs like the idea of compliance panels, but they want them to be flexible enough to fit with local approaches. We want to stress the importance of effective oversight and management of processes, particularly in identifying the cohort.
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