Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has ordered a review of the system of “incentives and earned privileges” in young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes. Young offenders have automatic rights to what Ministry of Justice sources see as “luxuries” – including games consoles, televisions, pool tables, sports equipment and variable bedtimes, reports the Telegraph.
The planned crackdown will see privileges earned rather than viewed as a right.
Police in England and Wales failed to record the reasons for stopping and searching people in a quarter of cases, the Inspectorate of Constabulary has found. Its review of 8,783 cases found 27 per cent either had no grounds recorded or the officer had entered a reason which would not justify a search, such as speeding, the BBC reports.
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