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Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison campaign group has called for police to deal with more girls informally, suggesting that tens of thousands are arrested needlessly each year.

Child custody campaign ends after five years

News

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

| CYP Now

A high-profile campaign to reduce numbers of children in custody is to conclude by the end of the year when its funding finishes, it has been confirmed.

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

News

Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

News

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people who have died in custody in recent years haven been let down by "systemic failures", a study has found.

Child rape case prompts demands for action on pornography access

News

Friday, June 1, 2012

| CYP Now

A campaign group has called for action to prevent children accessing pornography in light of the case of a boy in Scotland who raped a girl after viewing explicit content.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

News

Friday, December 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Report blames sexual grooming of young girls on police failings; MPs call for fairer children's palliative care funding; and a youth offending service in Teeside wins praise, all in the news today.

Government considers prisons for 18- to 30-year-olds

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is considering creating prisons for 18- to 30-year-olds as part of attempts to improve the secure estate, MPs have been told.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

News

Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Inspectors praise 'excellent' relationships between staff and young people at Parc YOI

News

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised a young offender institution (YOI) in South Wales for the positive work it does with young people held there.

Top judge to lead on youth justice in landmark move

News

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

| CYP Now

A leading judge has been selected to oversee youth justice matters in criminal courts for the first time, in a move that has been welcomed by campaigners pushing for reform of the youth court system.

Lawyers to receive training to make court process easier for sex abuse victims

News

Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Lawyers will receive specialist training before taking part in sexual abuse or rape trials, under government plans to make going to court easier and less distressing for victims.

Cut in specialist custody provision to save £6m

News

Thursday, February 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of custodial places in secure children's homes (SCHs) are to be reduced by nearly a fifth.

Magistrates' Association backs decision to release 12-year-old sex offender

News

Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A decision to discharge a 12-year-old boy with an IQ of 58 who admitted 22 crimes including sexual assault has been supported by the Magistrates' Association.

Self-harm, restraint and assaults in youth custody hit five-year high

News

Thursday, January 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth custody is becoming increasingly dangerous despite overall numbers being held dropping dramatically, official statistics show.

Place young offenders in small units, children's commissioner urges

News

Thursday, October 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Large children's prisons should be scrapped and replaced with smaller secure units in order to improve access to education and rehabilitation, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

News

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.

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.

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners are demanding the closure of a young offender institution near Wolverhampton after conditions were labelled as the worst seen by inspectors.

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

News

Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) have been told to improve the way they share information on young people sentenced to custody to make services more efficient and safe.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Courts will be required to take into account the overrepresentation of black and ethnic minority children in the youth justice system when they sentence children, under new guidance coming into force this summer.

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.

NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Police have received more than 5,000 reports of under-18-year-olds sexually abusing other children over the last three years, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC.

Parliament to have power of veto on placing girls in secure college

News

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs and Lords will have the power to block plans to hold girls and younger boys in a controversial £80m secure college following a government climb-down in the face of opposition.

YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

News

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Spending on staff in young offender institutions (YOIs) will be cut and efforts to make the restraint system safer will be shelved as part of Youth Justice Board (YJB) proposals to deal with emergency in-year cuts imposed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), it has emerged.

YJB warns minister of serious incident risk

News

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Moves to relax national standards for youth offending teams could lead to serious incidents such as murders or rape as a result of looser supervision, the Youth Justice Board has warned.

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Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

Child custody campaign ends after five years

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

Child rape case prompts demands for action on pornography access

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Government considers prisons for 18- to 30-year-olds

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Inspectors praise 'excellent' relationships between staff and young people at Parc YOI

Top judge to lead on youth justice in landmark move

Lawyers to receive training to make court process easier for sex abuse victims

Cut in specialist custody provision to save £6m

Magistrates' Association backs decision to release 12-year-old sex offender

Self-harm, restraint and assaults in youth custody hit five-year high

Place young offenders in small units, children's commissioner urges

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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

NSPCC urges focus on cases of child sexual abuse by under-18s

Parliament to have power of veto on placing girls in secure college

YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

YJB warns minister of serious incident risk

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