Despite repeated calls to “explain or reform”, since MP David Lammy’s 2017 review of the issue, the rate has got worse.
Last year, for the first time, a majority of young people in custody - 51 per cent - were BAME.
This contrasted sharply with a huge fall in the total number of under-18s in custody in England and Wales since 2010.
The factors behind this are complex and system-wide, with racial bias - whether unconscious or more overt - being spotlighted.
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