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Children in care proceedings 'three times more likely to have offended'

Thursday, October 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Young people involved with family court care proceedings are three times more likely to have offended than their peers, a study has found.

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) will be turned into "secure academies" under plans to improve education for young people in custody and reduce reoffending rates.

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Police, councils, youth services, and schools should be working with children as young as seven to prevent them getting involved with gangs or violent youth crime, it has been claimed.

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

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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.

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.

One in three young people in custody are in care system

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

More than a third of under-18s in young offender institutions (YOI) are in the care system, it has emerged.

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

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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

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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.

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.

Inspectorate censures police for holding vulnerable children in cells

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces have been criticised for placing vulnerable children in cells as a substitute for appropriate welfare provision.

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

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

| CYP Now

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

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where more than 30 weapons were found during a single search has been blasted for high levels of violence.

Inspectors criticise Newport youth offending service

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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

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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.

More than 1,000 under-10s searched by police

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 1,100 children under the age of criminal responsibility have been stopped and searched by police in the space of five years, it has emerged.

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

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Monday, June 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Up to 25 local authorities will be judged on their multi-agency child protection arrangements under new inspections being introduced in April 2015, it has been announced.

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

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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.

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.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

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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.

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities and other agencies need to work more closely together to reduce offending of children and young people living in care homes, a government review has concluded.

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

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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.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Prisons inspectorate blasts Ashfield YOI for unacceptable levels of violence

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution has "compromised the safety" of young people, with some suffering broken bones at the hands of staff, an official report says.

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Children in care proceedings 'three times more likely to have offended'

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

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

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

One in three young people in custody are in care system

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

Youth justice system 'fails vulnerable girls'

Inspectorate censures police for holding vulnerable children in cells

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

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

Inspectors criticise Newport youth offending service

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

More than 1,000 under-10s searched by police

One in six authorities to face multi-agency inspections

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

YJB chair signals early intervention drive

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Daily roundup: Sexual grooming, palliative care and youth offending

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Prisons inspectorate blasts Ashfield YOI for unacceptable levels of violence

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