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MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

Gang exit schemes to expand across London

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

A pan-London gang exit service is to be created as part of efforts to help young people move away from crime, it has been announced.

Custody spending to be slashed by Youth Justice Board

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is to slash funding for youth custody by £56m this year but has pledged to protect community and youth offending team (YOT) budgets.

Daily roundup: Youth reoffending, radicalisation, and mothers in prison

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Friday, April 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth reoffending rate drops to lowest level in a decade; police attempt to curb radicalisation of Kent children; and call for video communications between female prisoners and their children, all in the news today.

Strip-searching of young offenders in custody to end

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

| CYP Now

The controversial practice of routine strip-searching of under-18s in young offender institutions will end next month, it has emerged.

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

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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.

YJB chair Lord McNally backs age of criminality review

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

The chair of the Youth Justice Board has added his voice to growing calls for a rethink on the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales.

YJB chair signals early intervention drive

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| CYP Now

The chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said that persuading police and crime commissioners of the importance of funding early intervention work will be one of his immediate priorities.

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

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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.

Youth justice roundup

News

Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Smartphone warning, youth offending project saved, but gangs initiative to close, all in the news this week.

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.

Home Office bids to increase gang injunction use on under-18s

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The Home Office has vowed to increase the use of controversial gang injunctions on under-18s after it emerged they have been used just twice in hotspot areas.

Daily roundup: Substance misuse, social housing, and looked-after children

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Deaths linked to legal highs on the up; bedroom tax leaving tenants behind on rent; and Cafcass data shows large fall in care applications in January, all in the news today.

Rise in restraint and self-harm in youth custody

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to be subjected to restraint and resort to self-harm, latest figures show.

T2A Alliance to fund diversion initiatives for young offenders

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Pilot projects to divert young people from crime at different points in the justice system have been launched in six areas of England.

Feltham YOI in frame for secure college

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Monday, January 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Feltham young offender institution (YOI) could be turned into a secure college under government plans to extend the model across England and Wales, it has emerged.

Government unveils details of "secure college" for young offenders

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Friday, January 17, 2014

| CYP Now

A single secure college holding up to 320 young offenders is to be constructed as part of government attempts to drive down reoffending rates, it has been announced.

Government minister to lead Youth Justice Board

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Government minister Lord McNally has been appointed as the new chair of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

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