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YOTs urged to improve data sharing on imprisoned children

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.

Inspectors hail resettlement provision at Hassockfield STC

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

A secure training centre has been praised for its "outstanding" work to resettle young offenders back into the community.

Positive work at Hindley YOI offset by safety concerns

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

| CYP Now

A young offender institution (YOI) has been praised for good work with young people despite concerns about safety and claims of "abusive" staff.

Daily roundup: Female genital mutilation, child poverty and arrests of girls

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

NSPCC warning over FGM teacher training gaps, predictions of a nine per cent rise in child poverty, and police arrest fewer girls, all in the news today.

Scrap short sentences for young offenders, says YJB study

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Minimum sentences of 12 months for young offenders have been proposed after a study found that short sentences have little impact.

Second area quits youth custody pilot

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| CYP Now

A landmark youth custody pilot scheme will continue with just two of the original four council consortia after a group covering north east London dropped out.

Ashfield YOI disciplinary process judged unlawful

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The High Court has criticised disciplinary procedures at a young offender institution after seven teenage inmates were unlawfully punished for protesting about conditions at the prison.

YOIs miss suicide warning signs, finds ombudsman

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Decisions on where to place vulnerable young offenders and the level of support they receive in custody have come in for criticism following investigations into the deaths of three under-18s in youth jails.

Review: Reoffending

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Reoffending: A practitioner's guide to working with offenders and offending behaviour in the Criminal Justice System

Consultation: Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Good Idea: Triage scheme to divert young offenders from custody

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Low-level young offenders are diverted from the criminal justice system by taking part in community payback schemes, reparation projects and other restorative programmes

Young offender assessment system given green light

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A new assessment system for young offenders will drive down reoffending rates and reduce the use of remands to custody, the Youth Justice Board has said.

YOI disciplinary procedures 'unfair', says ombudsman

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) have been warned to ensure that disciplinary processes for alleged offences in custody are carried out fairly.

Daily roundup: Immigration detention, Scottish children's wards, and ‘peer courts'

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Monday, February 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Outrage over the decision to sanction the use force on pregnant women in immigration detention, a call for a review of children's wards in Scotland, and a 'peer sentencing' pilot Hampshire, all in the news today.

Call for custody decisions to be scrutinised to improve safety

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Decisions on custody placements for young offenders should be subject to inspection in order to improve safety for under-18s in prison, a charity has said.

PCCs to form early intervention group to reduce youth offending

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are to link up with early intervention experts to help widen the use of preventative projects for young people at risk of getting in trouble with the law.

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

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Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time has dropped by 20 per cent, according to the latest official figures.

Restraint and self-harm incidents on the rise in youth jails

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are being increasingly subjected to restraint, while incidents of self-harm are also on the rise, despite falling numbers of under-18s in the secure estate.

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Government attempts to scrap the Youth Justice Board (YJB) resulted in it losing its authority, the chief executive of the organisation has conceded.

Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has been accused of breaking an international treaty on children's rights after it emerged that young offenders are being transferred from youth custody to adult prisons.

Ashfield YOI to close in response to falling custody levels

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

| CYP Now

A controversial privately run young offender institution is to stop holding under-18s as part of a prison estate shake-up announced by the Ministry of Justice today.

Magistrates' Association backs decision to release 12-year-old sex offender

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A decision to discharge a 12-year-old boy with an IQ of 58 who admitted 22 crimes including sexual assault has been supported by the Magistrates' Association.

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.

Lin Hinnigan named as YJB chief executive

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Monday, December 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A former social worker and educational psychologist has been selected as the new chief executive of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Young offender dog training scheme to go nationwide

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

A community sentencing scheme that involves young offenders training dogs is to be expanded nationwide as part of attempts to provide alternatives to custody.