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Uncertain future hangs over acclaimed secure unit for girls

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison for 17-year-old girls that has been lauded for its "exceptionally positive" work could be forced to close due to funding issues, the chief inspector of prisons has warned.

YJB trials video cameras to monitor restraint in custody

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Prison officers in a young offender institution and a secure training centre will be required to wear video equipment as part of efforts to monitor the use of restraint, it has been announced.

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.

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

News

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Government must introduce a national strategy to improve support for children of prisoners a group of charities has said.

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

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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.

YJB to save £4.6m by axing secure children's home places

News

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of custodial places in secure children's homes are to be cut by 15 per cent, it has been announced.

Focus on young people must not be lost, warns prisons inspector

News

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The chief inspector of prisons has called on government to maintain a distinct focus on the needs of young offenders when the Youth Justice Board (YJB) is abolished.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

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.

YJB outlines plans to make youth custody safer

News

Thursday, February 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board has vowed to improve the safety of young people in custody by boosting support to looked-after children and clamping down on bullying and violence.

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaign groups have criticised a new system of restraint being adopted in youth custody settings because it continues to allow techniques that involve inflicting pain on young people.

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.

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.

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.

Campaigners call on police to end overnight detention of young people

News

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Prison campaigners have called for a ban on under 14s being detained in police cells overnight, labelling the practice "dangerous and frightening".

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.

Inquiry reveals failings prior to death of 15-year-old in custody

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Better communication between prison staff and mental health services may have helped prevent the suicide of a 15-year-old boy in youth custody, an inquiry has found.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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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.

YOI praised for progress prior to custody death

News

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| CYP Now

A young offender institution where a 15-year-old boy was found hanging in January was praised by inspectors following a visit just two months before his death, a report has revealed.

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners have hit out at plans to allow staff at secure colleges the power to use force on children and young people to "ensure good order and discipline".

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Rates of education progress for young people held in secure children's homes are around double the expected level, a study has found.

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

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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

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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.

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.

System 'fails vulnerable children leaving custody'

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

| CYP Now

Vulnerable children are leaving custody without adequate support, the chief inspector of prisons has found.

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Uncertain future hangs over acclaimed secure unit for girls

YJB trials video cameras to monitor restraint in custody

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

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

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

YJB to save £4.6m by axing secure children's home places

Focus on young people must not be lost, warns prisons inspector

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

YJB outlines plans to make youth custody safer

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

Campaigners call on police to end overnight detention of young people

YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

Inquiry reveals failings prior to death of 15-year-old in custody

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

YOI praised for progress prior to custody death

Critics attack ‘illegal' plan to use force in secure colleges

Young people in secure children's homes exceed education expectations

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

YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

Inspection highlights secure accommodation shortage

System 'fails vulnerable children leaving custody'

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