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Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

Friday, October 8, 2021

| CYP Now

More than a third of UK adults think mental health support offered to young black men in prisons is not effective in preventing reoffending, research by a prisons charity shows.

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Council failures are to blame for the placement of one in three homeless young offenders in unsuitable and unsafe accommodation across England and Wales, according to probation inspectors.

Truss strips YJB of youth custody role

News

Friday, February 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) will no longer be responsible for commissioning and overseeing the youth secure estate, with a new body being established to take on the role, it has been announced.

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

News

Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Government minister Lord McNally has been appointed as the new chair of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

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.

Youth remand continues to fall

News

Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

The amount of time spent by young people on remand in youth custody has fallen for the second year in a row, government figures show.

Fears cuts to YOTs will trigger youth custody rise

News

Monday, October 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More children and young people could end up in custody if proposed emergency cuts to funding for youth offending teams (YOTs) are rubber-stamped, local government leaders have warned.

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

News

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The first independent trust to be established by government to take on failing children's services has been told to improve its youth offending services after inspectors judged several areas of its work "unsatisfactory".

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

News

Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

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.

Managers brand youth offending team stocktake ‘a cover for cuts'

News

Friday, May 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth offending team (YOT) managers have criticised a "biased" government review of their work, claiming it is simply concerned with earmarking potential cuts.

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

News

Thursday, May 21, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of young people convicted for an offence for the first time is continuing to fall, latest Ministry of Justice figures have revealed.

Inspectors criticise efforts to tackle youth reoffending in London borough

News

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Bromley Youth Offending Service (YOS) has come in for criticism for failing to do enough to tackle high reoffending rates for young offenders.

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.

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

News

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is considering placing police officers in Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in an effort to tackle high levels of gang violence.

Lib Dems Conference: Drug crime to be treated as health issue

News

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people caught in possession of drugs will be either referred for treatment or given education on the dangers, under a new policy adopted by the Liberal Democrats.

Labour Party Conference: Call to extend remit of YJB to under-21s

News

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board will be made responsible for young people up to the age of 21 under plans being pursued by Labour.

Inspectors criticise Newport youth offending service

News

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| CYP Now

A Welsh youth offending team (YOT) has been criticised by inspectors for poor work in protecting vulnerable children and young people from harm.

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

News

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Probation staff are poorly trained in child protection and lack a clear understanding of what to do if children are potentially at risk, a damning report has concluded.

Andrew Selous appointed youth justice minister

News

Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Andrew Selous has been confirmed as the minister who will take on responsibility for youth justice.

Youth custody figures hit new low

News

Thursday, June 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Numbers of under-18s in custody have fallen to a new low, but black and ethnic minority young people now make up four out of every 10 of those detained, latest figures reveal.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

News

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

Gang exit schemes to expand across London

News

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

A pan-London gang exit service is to be created as part of efforts to help young people move away from crime, it has been announced.

YJB chair Lord McNally backs age of criminality review

News

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

The chair of the Youth Justice Board has added his voice to growing calls for a rethink on the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales.

YJB chair signals early intervention drive

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| CYP Now

The chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said that persuading police and crime commissioners of the importance of funding early intervention work will be one of his immediate priorities.

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Campaign to improve mental health support for young black men in prisons

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

Truss strips YJB of youth custody role

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

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

Youth remand continues to fall

Fears cuts to YOTs will trigger youth custody rise

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

Gove orders review of youth justice system

Managers brand youth offending team stocktake ‘a cover for cuts'

Further fall in number of first-time young offenders

Inspectors criticise efforts to tackle youth reoffending in London borough

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

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

Lib Dems Conference: Drug crime to be treated as health issue

Labour Party Conference: Call to extend remit of YJB to under-21s

Inspectors criticise Newport youth offending service

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

Andrew Selous appointed youth justice minister

Youth custody figures hit new low

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

Gang exit schemes to expand across London

YJB chair Lord McNally backs age of criminality review

YJB chair signals early intervention drive

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