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Uncertainty looms over children's lead role at ACPO as McPherson announces retirement

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has refused to confirm whether there will be a replacement lead for children and young people within the organisation after it emerged that Ian McPherson will retire in the new year.

Influx of youth remands after riots posed significant safeguarding challenges

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Monday, December 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Staff in the secure estate experienced an unprecedented influx of young people following the summer riots, which proved a significant challenge to safeguarding, the prison's inspectorate has reported.

Call to tackle police violence against young people

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

| CYP Now

Police officers should receive specific training on how to communicate and deal with children and young people, as part of efforts to tackle the use of violence against them, a children's rights organisation has said. ?

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOIs) has been agreed, ending two years of uncertainty over the positions, CYP Now can reveal.

Prison inspectors urge agencies to collaborate on offender resettlement efforts

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Resettlement help for young offenders leaving custody needs to be improved with outcomes for children being labelled as "disappointing", a report by the chief inspector of prisons has found.

Inspectors criticise Blackpool youth offending service

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Blackpool's youth offending service has been told to improve after inspectors judged key areas of work including reoffending and child protection to be "unsatisfactory".

Royal colleges publish healthcare standards for young people in custody

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Monday, June 10, 2013

| CYP Now

A new set of UK-wide standards for the healthcare of children and young people in custody has been developed by a group of medical royal colleges.

Legal aid changes could damage living conditions for young prisoners, YOTs warn

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

It will be harder for young people held in youth prisons to challenge their treatment and living conditions if planned changes to legal aid are pushed through, youth offending team (YOT) managers have warned.

Inspectors find high levels of violence at youth jail

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution has been criticised by inspectors over high levels of violence and the use of segregation.

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Failing youth offending teams (YOTs) will face intervention measures under plans announced by a government minister.

Ryan Clark verdict highlights youth custody failings

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

| CYP Now

A verdict of accidental death has been delivered in the case of a 17-year-old who took his own life following threats and bullying at a young offender institution.

Campaigners to continue fight against new antisocial behaviour legislation

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Monday, March 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners have vowed to fight parts of the government's new antisocial behaviour laws after the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act received royal assent.