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Youth Justice: Sector heads to act over concerns on custody

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The meeting, announced at last week's Youth Justice Service Managers' conference in Stratford-upon-Avon, follows growing concern that young people who breached the orders were being sent to jail without coming into contact with a youth offending team. A date for the meeting has yet to be set, but is expected to happen "very soon".

Morgan also used the conference to play down worries that youth justice was at risk of being absorbed into children's trusts or the National Offender Management Service, the newly formed organisation headed by Narey that combines the adult prison and probation services.

"I have heard people say the developments in the National Offender Management Service and in children's trusts are a threat to youth offending teams and to the Youth Justice Board," said Morgan. "I do not see it this way.

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