Criminalisation concerns follow 23k calls to police from children's homes

Dan Parton and Joanne Parkes
Monday, July 8, 2019

Young people are at risk of unnecessary criminalisation as a result of excessive police callouts to children's homes, campaigners claim.

The programme was piloted in Brixton and has been rolled out to six custody suites in the capital. Picture: Brian Jackson/Adobe Stock
The programme was piloted in Brixton and has been rolled out to six custody suites in the capital. Picture: Brian Jackson/Adobe Stock

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