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ChildRIGHT: Strategy for reform of the secure estate

Monday, October 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Elizabeth Yarrow, international researcher at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at plans for young people's prisons in England and Wales.

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

News

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has told a group of MPs he is likely to oppose calls to introduce mandatory sentences for children caught carrying knives.

Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights

News

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Labour failed to enshrine the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in law because of opposition from civil servants, the shadow children's minister has claimed.

Government's riot prevention legislation would infringe children's rights

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The introduction of gang injunctions, moves to allow the police to remove face coverings and calls for young offenders to be named and shamed, all constitute a breach of children's rights, campaigners have warned.

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.

Majority charged over riots are adults

News

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed that of the people so far charged with riot-related offences, only 21 per cent are under 18.

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

News

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has called on magistrates to name and shame children involved in last week's riots, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

News

Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

Legal change required 'to cement youth custody progress'

News

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.

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

All young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities, under plans to reduce reoffending and shake up the justice system.

50,000 children locked up by police

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Child safety orders

Other

Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

What is a child safety order?

MPs urged to end custody of young people

News

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Rights Alliance for England (Crae) is urging MPs to end the use of custody for all but the most dangerous young offenders.

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

News

Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

Electronic tag fitted to 11-year-old

News

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's rights campaigners have condemned a court's decision to fit an 11-year-old boy with an electronic tag.

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

News

Friday, April 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Police used disproportionate and unjustified violence against children during protests against tuition fee rises, a report has found.

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).

Children's commissioner backs restraint ban

News

Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

The use of pain to control children in the secure estate must be abolished in England and Wales to comply with international standards the children's commissioner has warned.

Children's rights alliance attacks offender restraint report for backing pain compliance

News

Thursday, March 10, 2011

| CYP Now

An independent report into physical restraint of young offenders has been criticised for continuing to support the use of so-called "pain compliance" techniques.

Lib Dem youth justice policy at odds with government line on age of criminal responsibility

News

Monday, February 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Liberal Democrat proposals to increase the age of criminal responsibility to 14 have been published in a move that could create a split on youth justice policy within the government.

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ChildRIGHT: Strategy for reform of the secure estate

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

Labour Conference 2011: MP blames civil servants for Labour's failure on children's rights

Government's riot prevention legislation would infringe children's rights

Loughton denies youth cuts link to riots

Majority charged over riots are adults

May scraps anonymity for young rioters

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

Legal change required 'to cement youth custody progress'

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

50,000 children locked up by police

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Child safety orders

MPs urged to end custody of young people

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

Electronic tag fitted to 11-year-old

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

Young offender found hanged at Stoke Heath

Children's commissioner backs restraint ban

Children's rights alliance attacks offender restraint report for backing pain compliance

Lib Dem youth justice policy at odds with government line on age of criminal responsibility

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