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Youth Justice Board confirms death in custody

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has confirmed that a child died in custody earlier this year, the first death of an under-18 in the youth secure estate since 2015.

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.

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost half of all boys held in young offender institutions (YOIs) feel "unsafe" in custody, the highest level recorded since the Prisons Inspectorate began recording views in 2001, a study has found.

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.

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| CYP Now

New allegations of abuse relating to Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent have emerged.

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Action will be taken to tackle gang problems and improve safety in youth jails, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has told MPs.

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) are facing fresh cuts to their funding after the National Probation Service (NPS) informed services of how much they can expect to receive in 2016/17.

Huge increase in 'at-height' custody protests in youth jails

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly placing themselves in danger by climbing onto railings and "anti-suicide" netting, it has emerged.

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.

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

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Friday, January 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to harm themselves, latest figures show.

Ofsted calls for body-worn cameras across all youth custody settings

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Staff in all youth custody settings should be made to wear body cameras in a bid to prevent mistreatment of young people, Ofsted and the Prisons Inspectorate have said.

Former YJB chief to decide whether to probe Medway abuse allegations

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The former chief executive of the Youth Justice Board will have the final say on whether a serious case review (SCR) should be conducted into allegations of abuse of children held in custody at Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent.

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

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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.

Young people report 'struggling to breathe' during custody restraints

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people have been left struggling to breathe as a result of being restrained by officers in youth custody units, a report has revealed.

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.

Campaigners question suitability of firm in charge of youth custody unit

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised over the suitability of a company that runs US jails to manage a controversial youth custody unit in England.

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.

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

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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.

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.

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.

Leeds teenager let down by care and justice agencies

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

| CYP Now

A teenage young offender found hanged in his cell was let down by the "collective corporate system", according to a damning serious case review (SCR) into his death.

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.

Inspectors praise education improvements at Werrington YOI

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Facilities and education services at Werrington young offender institution (YOI) have been praised in a generally positive inspection report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

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.

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Youth Justice Board confirms death in custody

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

Inspection highlights secure accommodation shortage

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

Huge increase in 'at-height' custody protests in youth jails

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

Ofsted calls for body-worn cameras across all youth custody settings

Former YJB chief to decide whether to probe Medway abuse allegations

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

Young people report 'struggling to breathe' during custody restraints

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

Campaigners question suitability of firm in charge of youth custody unit

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

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

One in three young people in custody are in care system

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

YJB proposes cuts to spending on youth custody staff

Leeds teenager let down by care and justice agencies

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

Inspectors praise education improvements at Werrington YOI

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

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