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YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

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.

Inspection highlights secure accommodation shortage

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised by inspectors over the lack of suitable secure accommodation for children who have been charged by police and refused bail in one area of England.

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

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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.

South coast council cuts youth justice entrants

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Brighton & Hove City Council has cut by nearly a third the number of young people entering the youth justice system in its area over the past year.

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.

YJB faces further budget cuts

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is facing a 10 per cent cut to funding after it emerged the organisation will receive 365m from central government for the coming financial year.

Ministers report progress on diversion schemes for mentally ill young offenders

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Monday, April 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth justice minister Crispin Blunt and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley have outlined the progress made towards diverting the mentally ill away from the justice system into treatment and care at a Westminster reception today (23 April).

YJB chair Lord McNally backs age of criminality review

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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 reveals focus on outcomes in latest business plan

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Reducing numbers of young people in custody and managing a smooth transition into the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are among the main aims for the Youth Justice Board (YJB) in its latest business plan.

Prison Reform Trust backs Clarke's call for better rehabilitation

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke's calls for rehabilitation in secure settings to be improved have been backed by The Prison Reform Trust.

YJB urged to boost evidence base for programmes with young offenders

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOT) and secure estate providers have asked the Youth Justice Board (YJB) to support improvements in the way interventions with young people are measured.

YOTs gear up for introduction of gang injunctions

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams are to receive training to prepare them for the introduction of controversial gang injunctions for children.

Youth justice roundup

News

Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Smartphone warning, youth offending project saved, but gangs initiative to close, all in the news this week.

Commissioner backs mentors for young offenders

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

All young offenders should have access to an adult mentor, a report by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People has claimed.

Majority charged over riots are adults

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed that of the people so far charged with riot-related offences, only 21 per cent are under 18.

Custody use for youth knife crime more than doubles

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people convicted of a knife crime are twice as likely to receive a custodial sentence than they were seven years ago, latest figures have revealed.

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.

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YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

Inspection highlights secure accommodation shortage

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

South coast council cuts youth justice entrants

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

YJB faces further budget cuts

Ministers report progress on diversion schemes for mentally ill young offenders

YJB chair Lord McNally backs age of criminality review

YJB reveals focus on outcomes in latest business plan

Prison Reform Trust backs Clarke's call for better rehabilitation

YJB urged to boost evidence base for programmes with young offenders

YOTs gear up for introduction of gang injunctions

Youth justice roundup

Commissioner backs mentors for young offenders

Majority charged over riots are adults

Custody use for youth knife crime more than doubles

One in three young people in custody are in care system

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