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Young offenders face postcode lottery over prison sentencing

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| CYP Now

A young person's postcode can still influence the likelihood of them being sentenced to custody, new figures have revealed.

News Insight: Labour leadership contenders set out their plans for children

Other

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| CYP Now

On 25 September, one of these people will become leader of the opposition in the midst of a horrendous economic climate. CYP Now asked each of them to set out their policies for children and young people and for all those who work to improve young lives.

Probation staff face rising levels of abuse on offender work schemes

News

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| CYP Now

Supervisors working with young offenders on unpaid work schemes are facing increasing levels of violence and verbal abuse, a survey has found.

Court quashes the extension of restraint in secure centres

Other

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

| CYP Now

Legal changes extending the use of restraint on young people in secure training centres (STCs) have been quashed following a ruling by the Court of Appeal.

YJB convention: Home Office funds projects to tackle youth extremism

News

Thursday, November 27, 2008

| CYP Now

Fifty-one Home Office-funded projects to tackle violent youth extremism will go live next year.

Labour committed to values of ECM

Other

Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Every Child Matters (ECM) is more relevant today than ever before, Labour's shadow children's minister has claimed.

Young people in secure settings asked about crime and safety

News

Friday, December 5, 2008

| CYP Now

Young people with psychiatric illnesses have taken part in workshops to find out their views on crime and staying safe.

Home Office to take 'immediate' action on DNA database

News

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

| CYP Now

The DNA of around 70 under-10s will be "immediately" removed from the police database but under-18s will continue to be added.

Children's services directors honoured in new year list

News

Thursday, January 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Hampshire's director of children's services John Coughlan and Dudley DCS John Freeman are among more than 100 people honoured for their work with children and young people this new year.

News Insight: Restraint use faces closer scrutiny

Other

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

| CYP Now

Following a review of the use of restraint, the government has announced a number of changes. Alison Bennett reports.

London mayor's office reveals details of Project Oracle evaluation programme

News

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

| CYP Now

The mayor of London's office has unveiled further details about its evaluation programme to measure the impact of youth projects in the capital.

Tragic deaths in custody point to a system in need of reform

Opinion

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Five young people in custody died in the space of just 33 days during March and April. The tragedies mark an exceptionally horrific spell in the youth prison system. To put it in context, no more than five teenagers have died in custody during any entire year since 2005, when the figure was nine.

YJB resolves dispute over funding for social workers in YOIs

News

Thursday, May 12, 2011

| CYP Now

Funding for social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOIs) has been agreed, ending two years of uncertainty over the positions, CYP Now can reveal.

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.

Consultation on the Principles of Sentencing for Youths

Other

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

| CYP Now

The Sentencing Guidelines Council is currently consulting on the types of youth sentences that should be available to the courts.

Crime-reduction funds are a 'dog's breakfast'

Other

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Government funding for sports and leisure schemes aimed at disaffected young people is "a dog's breakfast" - that is the damning verdict of the Audit Commission.

The Makeda Weaver Project.

Other

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

| CYP Now

The Makeda Weaver Project runs intervention schemes in schools and works with teenagers on the periphery of gangs.

Youth justice professionals demand clarity over health provision

Other

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Government proposals to transfer responsibility for commissioning health services for young people in secure children's homes and secure training centres to the NHS have raised concerns.

Government 'must legislate to reduce youth custody'

News

Friday, June 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Primary legislation is needed to meet the government's aim of reducing levels of youth custody, it has been claimed.

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

News

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.

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