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Inspections Clinic: Prisoners with restricted status

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Young prisoners who have committed the most serious crimes are subject to strict measures that impede rehabilitation and affect their mental health, according to a review. Jo Stephenson reports.

MoJ rejects call for urgent review of youth criminal records system

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has dismissed calls from an influential group of MPs for an urgent review of the youth criminal records system to take place.

Youth custody conditions make 'tragedy inevitable', chief inspector warns

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

| CYP Now

The current state of youth custody is so dangerous that tragedy is "inevitable" unless urgent action is taken, the chief inspector of prisons has warned.

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government does not know how many children are vulnerable and agencies cannot agree on how to define and identify them, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Government-run secure training centre rated 'inadequate' again

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

| CYP Now

A secure training centre in Kent that was taken over by the government after allegations of abuse emerged has been rated "inadequate" by inspectors for the second time in less than a year.

Youth reoffending rises to highest level on record

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The proportion of young people committing further offences within 12 months of being convicted has hit a record high.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

'Problem-solving' courts for young offenders to be trialled

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve the way young offenders are dealt with are to be tested, with problem-solving courts set to be established across England.

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.

Ombudsman calls for more support in youth custody disciplinary process

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Young people in custody need more help and support through the internal discipline process, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has said.

YJB chair calls for children's criminal records to be erased at 18

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board chair Lord McNally has added his voice to calls for children's criminal records to be erased at 18.

Call for MPs to probe impact of criminal records

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

| CYP Now

MPs conducting an inquiry into employment opportunities for young people should investigate the impact that having a criminal record can have on future prospects, a youth justice organisation has said.

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Magistrates have added their voice to fears that measures in the Children and Social Work Bill to allow councils to opt out of children's legislation will undermine the rights of vulnerable young people.

Labour MP calls for inquiry into overrepresentation of Traveller children in youth custody

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Labour MP Kate Green has called for an inquiry into the overrepresentation of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma (GTR) children in the youth justice system after it emerged that one in 10 children in secure training centres and seven per cent of boys in young offender institutions are from the ethnic grouping.

Government 'failing to act over vulnerable children's rights'

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's rights in the UK are worsening, especially for the most vulnerable young people suffering from mental health issues, poverty and whose lives are blighted by crime, a report has said.

Concerns over rise in police taser use on children

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

| CYP Now

The use of tasers on children in London has increased 12-fold in just eight years, a youth-led enquiry on child rights has heard.

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.

Long-distance youth custody placements 'reduce family visits'

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people who are held in youth custody miles away from their home receive fewer visits from their family than those who are detained closer, a report has found.

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

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Friday, September 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief executive Sir Martin Narey is one of several high profile figures that have been signed up to provide advice to children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield, it has been announced.

Third of homeless young offenders 'in unsafe accommodation'

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

| CYP Now

One in three homeless 16- and 17-year-olds who are in contact with youth offending teams (YOTs) are being placed in unsafe or unsuitable accommodation, it has emerged.

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Inspections Clinic: Prisoners with restricted status

MoJ rejects call for urgent review of youth criminal records system

Youth custody conditions make 'tragedy inevitable', chief inspector warns

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

Government-run secure training centre rated 'inadequate' again

Youth reoffending rises to highest level on record

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

'Problem-solving' courts for young offenders to be trialled

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

Ombudsman calls for more support in youth custody disciplinary process

YJB chair calls for children's criminal records to be erased at 18

Call for MPs to probe impact of criminal records

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

Labour MP calls for inquiry into overrepresentation of Traveller children in youth custody

Government 'failing to act over vulnerable children's rights'

Concerns over rise in police taser use on children

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

Long-distance youth custody placements 'reduce family visits'

Longfield recruits Narey as children's commissioner adviser

Third of homeless young offenders 'in unsafe accommodation'

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