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YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

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  • 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.

Youth justice system 'fails vulnerable girls'

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  • Tuesday, May 19, 2015
  • | CYP Now
Youth justice agencies are failing to give vulnerable girls the support they need because services are too geared towards helping boys, a newly formed pressure group has claimed.

Top judge to lead on youth justice in landmark move

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  • 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.

Details of young offender deaths revealed

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  • Thursday, October 6, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Details of how 23 children under the supervision of youth offending teams died in the community last year have emerged after the Youth Justice Board released fresh information on the incidents.

Fears for children's safety as youth jails near capacity

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  • Thursday, August 18, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The Ministry of Justice has refused to confirm fears that youth jails have reached capacity or outline its contingency plans to deal with the situation amid concerns that children's lives are being put in danger through overcrowding.

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