By the end of March there will be 25 social workers employed at 18 YOIsin England and Wales. Many are already in place.
The Youth Justice Board is funding the social work posts that werebrought in as a result of the Munby Judgment.
Mr Justice Munby's 2002 High Court judgment said the Home Office waswrong to claim that the Children's Act 1989 did not apply to YOIs.
"Just because they are in prison does not mean they lose theirchildren's rights," said Jeremy Whittle, senior policy developer for theprison service's juvenile group. "As a consequence we are trying totreat them more like children. One of the recommendations of the MunbyJudgement was to employ social workers to work in prisons."
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