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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

News

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

News

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. ?

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

News

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison campaign group has called for police to deal with more girls informally, suggesting that tens of thousands are arrested needlessly each year.

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

News

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.

Government 'must legislate to reduce youth custody'

News

Friday, June 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Primary legislation is needed to meet the government's aim of reducing levels of youth custody, it has been claimed.

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

News

Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

More children than previously thought died under youth offending team supervision in the community last year, it has emerged.

Prison inspectors urge agencies to collaborate on offender resettlement efforts

News

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".

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

News

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.

One in 10 YOTs 'miss opportunities' to divert children from crime

News

Thursday, January 31, 2019

| CYP Now

Some children may be unnecessarily ending up with a criminal record because not all youth offending teams (YOTs) are offering diversion schemes, research suggests.

Inspectors find high levels of violence at youth jail

News

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.

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Criminal justice inspectorates in England and Wales are to carry out an investigation into the effectiveness of services that work with girl offenders.

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

News

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Campaigners to continue fight against new antisocial behaviour legislation

News

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.

Inquest highlights YOI failings in death of 17-year-old

News

Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The death of a 17-year-old who was found hanging in his cell in a young offender institution was preventable, an inquest has concluded.

Ombudsman urges action on young offender suicides

News

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Prisons must do more to prevent suicides among vulnerable young people in custody, a government-appointed inspector has said.

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

News

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.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

News

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

New rules governing restraint in youth jails unveiled

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

New rules governing the use of restraint in youth custody will have a "big impact" on reducing the number of young people subjected to such interventions, the head of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has predicted.

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

Influx of youth remands after riots posed significant safeguarding challenges

Call to tackle police violence against young people

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

Government 'must legislate to reduce youth custody'

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

Prison inspectors urge agencies to collaborate on offender resettlement efforts

Inspectors criticise Blackpool youth offending service

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

One in 10 YOTs 'miss opportunities' to divert children from crime

Inspectors find high levels of violence at youth jail

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

Campaigners to continue fight against new antisocial behaviour legislation

Inquest highlights YOI failings in death of 17-year-old

Ombudsman urges action on young offender suicides

Weapons haul YOI branded violent by inspectors

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

New rules governing restraint in youth jails unveiled

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