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Autistic teenager wins damages following police assault

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A teenage boy with autism has been awarded 28,250 in damages by a High Court judge after police officers were ruled to have assaulted and falsely imprisoned him while on a school trip to a swimming pool.

Legal change required 'to cement youth custody progress'

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Legislative changes must be made to ensure recent falls in youth custody levels are maintained, a report by the Prison Reform Trust has found.

Gove faces test on rights plan

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans for a 320-place secure college and changes to human rights legislation top the justice agenda.

Youth charities receive social impact bond investment

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Friday, March 20, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity that aims to improve the lives of teenagers by recruiting them as mentors for vulnerable toddlers is among four programmes to win social impact bond (SIB) funding through the Youth Engagement Fund.

Concerns over asbestos in YOIs

News

Friday, April 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has admitted there is asbestos in all young offender institutions (YOI) commissioned since 2010.

Seven staff suspended over claims of abuse at youth custody unit

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Friday, January 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Seven members of staff at a secure training centre in Kent have been suspended amid allegations of abuse and mistreatment of young people.

Daily roundup: alcohol misuse, child deaths, young offenders

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Monday, September 30, 2013

| CYP Now

Hospital admissions data reveals numbers of children abusing alcohol; research findings show higher death rates for children born to mothers aged under 30; and young offenders to pay for prison property damage, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Housing benefits freeze sees young people stuck in hostels; Cafcass completes government department move; and social enterprise takes over Richmond and Kingston children's services, all in the news today.

Legal Update: Court anonymity for young people

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre discusses a ruling that children previously involved in court proceedings can be named in the media after they turn 18.

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Protocol allows direct child rightscomplaints

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

A new treaty allows children and their representatives to make complaints to an international body about violations of their rights.

Government to push ahead with use of force to maintain secure college discipline

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has said it will pursue the use of force to maintain good order and discipline in secure colleges, even though it would breach European law.

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has shelved plans to class all 17-year-olds taken into police custody as children, it has been announced.

Legal Update - In a nutshell: The work of youth ?offending teams

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Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of professionals make up youth offending teams, tasked with preventing youth offending and reducing imprisonment

Campaigners call for system overhaul to tackle custody deaths

News

Monday, March 2, 2015

| CYP Now

Many of the 65 young people who died in custody in England and Wales over the past four years had a history of mental health problems or had been in care, analysis has revealed.

Young offender found hanged at Stoke Heath

News

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

| CYP Now

An investigation has been launched after an 18-year-old was found dead in his cell at a young offender institution (YOI).

Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

A recent case makes important rulings about the treatment of child trafficking victims in criminal cases, says Kamena Dorling, policy and programmes manager, at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Fears over police powers to 'swipe' children's phones

News

Friday, May 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Privacy campaigners have raised concerns for children's rights after it emerged police in London are to be equipped with technology to take information from mobile phones.

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Labour pushes for ban on smoking in cars carrying children; Gove gives Wilshaw vote of confidence over think tank reports; and children with mental health problems still detained in police cells, all in the news today.

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

News

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth offending work in Portsmouth is "worryingly poor" and needs to be improved urgently, a joint inspection of the city's youth offending team (YOT) has concluded.

Justice without prejudice

Other

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett talks to John Bache of the Magistrates' Association

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Other

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

News

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.

Loughton denies youth cuts link to riots

News

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Tim Loughton has dismissed any suggestion that riots in London and other cities in England were the result of cuts to youth services.

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

News

Friday, February 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Urgent action is needed in schools to warn pupils as young as seven of the dangers of gang involvement, according to a report by MPs.

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

News

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has failed to act on the majority of the UN's recommendations to improve children's rights in England, according to the latest Children Rights Alliance for England (Crae) report.

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Autistic teenager wins damages following police assault

Legal change required 'to cement youth custody progress'

Gove faces test on rights plan

Youth charities receive social impact bond investment

Concerns over asbestos in YOIs

Seven staff suspended over claims of abuse at youth custody unit

Daily roundup: alcohol misuse, child deaths, young offenders

Daily roundup: Homelessness, legal system, and children's services

Legal Update: Court anonymity for young people

Legal Update: In a Nutshell - Protocol allows direct child rightscomplaints

Government to push ahead with use of force to maintain secure college discipline

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

Legal Update - In a nutshell: The work of youth ?offending teams

Campaigners call for system overhaul to tackle custody deaths

Young offender found hanged at Stoke Heath

Legal Update: Treatment of trafficking victims

Fears over police powers to 'swipe' children's phones

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

Justice without prejudice

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

Loughton denies youth cuts link to riots

Gang prevention work needs to start in primary school, say MPs

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

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