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Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOI) for 18- to 20-year-olds would be scrapped and young people sent to adult jails instead, under controversial plans being considered by government.

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

News

Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Government attempts to scrap the Youth Justice Board (YJB) resulted in it losing its authority, the chief executive of the organisation has conceded.

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

News

Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time has dropped by 20 per cent, according to the latest official figures.

Blair's 'respect tsar' takes on riots role

News

Thursday, September 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Tony Blair's former respect agenda tsar Louise Casey has been drafted in by Prime Minister David Cameron to work on the response to last month's riots.

Youth reoffending on the increase

News

Thursday, July 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of young offenders going on to commit further crimes has increased, latest statistics show.

Gove orders review of youth justice system

News

Friday, September 11, 2015

| CYP Now

A former government adviser on school behaviour will head a review of the youth justice system, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

Quarter of a million children arrested each year

News

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

| CYP Now

The Howard League for Penal Reform has called for restorative justice to replace "needless" arrests after obtaining figures that reveal a quarter of a million children are arrested each year.

Prison deterrent scheme wins praise

News

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A project showing children what it is like to be sentenced to custody has a lasting effect on pupils, research has found.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

News

Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Troubled families programme should target siblings of offenders, MPs told

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Involving youth offending services with the government's troubled families agenda could help reduce numbers of young people getting in trouble with the law, MPs have been told.

Magistrates back court-style hearings to deter young gang members from crime

News

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Court-style hearings that highlight the consequences of crime to young gang members at risk of offending should be considered across all of England and Wales, a leading magistrate has said.

Custody review to create youth suicide prevention strategy

News

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth justice experts are being called on to help develop a strategy to prevent suicide among young adults in custody.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The MP who led a review on early intervention has called for the government to hold its nerve in pursuing long-term societal change in the wake of riots across England.

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

News

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has told a group of MPs he is likely to oppose calls to introduce mandatory sentences for children caught carrying knives.

Magistrates voice opposition to knife-sentencing proposals

News

Thursday, October 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Controversial last-minute changes to government sentencing plans will result in as many as 400 additional children each year being jailed.

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

All young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities, under plans to reduce reoffending and shake up the justice system.

Campaigners urge Labour to make age of criminal responsibility central to justice policy

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Raising the age of criminal responsibility and focusing more on early intervention at a local level should form the basis of Labour's new criminal justice policy, according to a campaign group.

Knife-point robberies up 10 per cent

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

| CYP Now

Latest figures show that knife-point robberies have increased by 10 per cent in England and Wales, just days before a bill proposing mandatory sentences for teenagers involved with knife crime is due to be debated by Lords.

Many young rioters found to have special educational needs, analysis reveals

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Monday, October 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people who got involved in August's riots were more likely to be poor and have special educational needs, government research on the unrest has revealed.

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Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

Blair's 'respect tsar' takes on riots role

Youth reoffending on the increase

Gove orders review of youth justice system

Quarter of a million children arrested each year

Prison deterrent scheme wins praise

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

Troubled families programme should target siblings of offenders, MPs told

Magistrates back court-style hearings to deter young gang members from crime

Custody review to create youth suicide prevention strategy

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

Magistrates voice opposition to knife-sentencing proposals

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

Campaigners urge Labour to make age of criminal responsibility central to justice policy

Knife-point robberies up 10 per cent

Many young rioters found to have special educational needs, analysis reveals

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