Extra days in youth jails rising despite falling custody levels

Neil Puffett
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Extra days in custody are increasingly being handed out to young offenders as punishment for breaching the rules, it has emerged.

Under 18 custody levels are at their lowest level since the Youth Justice Board was created in 1998. Image: Phil Adams
Under 18 custody levels are at their lowest level since the Youth Justice Board was created in 1998. Image: Phil Adams

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