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Prison inspectorate revises guidance on expected standards

Friday, July 31, 2009

| CYP Now

Revised guidelines outlining expected standards for children in prison have been published in an attempt to boost the quality of provision.

Inspector: no more child imprisonment

Other

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

| CYP Now

The chief inspector of prisons for Scotland has repeated his call to abolish the imprisonment of children.

Youth Justice - Youth offending teams begin to feel the pinch

Other

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

| CYP Now

The service is suffering cutbacks in funding allocations for the first time in its nine-year history. Neil Puffett looks at the impact on crime prevention services on the ground.

YOT praises restorative justice for huge re-offending drop

News

Friday, August 14, 2009

| CYP Now

A youth offending team (YOT) has succeeded in reducing re-offending levels by 26 per cent in the past four years, new figures show.

Experts slam stop and search of under-10s

News

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

| CYP Now

Children under 10 should not be stopped and searched by the police, say children's rights experts, after a nine-year-old boy was stopped in South London.

YJB funding for prevention programmes drops again

News

Monday, August 24, 2009

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board (YJB) funding for prevention programmes has fallen for the second time in two years, CYP Now has learned.

Youth offending service told to improve on safeguarding

News

Friday, August 28, 2009

| CYP Now

Inspectors have told Wirral's youth offending service to come up with an action plan to improve its work, after an inspection highlighted concerns around safeguarding, protecting the public and reoffending.

Councils wary of ContactPoint planning following Tory pledge to scrap database

Other

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Councils throughout England and Wales are doing the bare minimum to prepare for the controversial ContactPoint database believing it will be scrapped, it has been claimed.

Use of restraint surges in YOIs

Other

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Restraint has risen by 25 per cent in young offender institutions, despite a government pledge to cut its use.

Prison under fire for housing young women with lifers

News

Monday, September 7, 2009

| CYP Now

Prison inspectors have criticised Low Newton women's prison and young offender institution for housing prisoners as young as 18 alongside lifers and some of the UK's most dangerous prisoners.

Offender tagging scheme extended across Scotland

News

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

Powers to electronically tag young offenders have been extended to all children's hearings in Scotland.

Bonds could fund early intervention

Other

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

A leading ethical investment consultancy has backed the idea of issuing bonds to raise funds for early intervention programmes with children and families.

Children's Plan: Government promises 1bn pound investment in children's services

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The government has promised to invest 1bn pounds in services for children and young people over the next three years.

Joint working - The economic case for investing in preventative work

Other

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

| CYP Now

A report out this week shows how investing in preventative work reaps financial rewards. Janaki Mahadevan reports.

MP says vetting changes needed

Other

Monday, January 11, 2010

| CYP Now

Further changes need to be made to the vetting and barring scheme to ensure those working with children are not adversely affected, a Labour MP has said.

Inspection finds young women's prison in 'state of crisis'

News

Thursday, January 28, 2010

| CYP Now

Young women in Cornton Vale Prison and YOI are living in poor conditions, mixing with adult prisoners and spending too much time in their cells, according to an inspection report that described the prison as "in a state of crisis".

Depression during pregnancy linked to violence in children

News

Friday, February 5, 2010

| CYP Now

Mothers who suffer depression during pregnancy are more likely to have children that show signs of antisocial behaviour and violence later in life, a new study has found.

Delay to restraint report blamed on 'significant gap' in evidence

Other

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

| CYP Now

A review examining the use of restraint on young people in custody has been delayed by 11 weeks.

Will sanctions or support ward off trouble?

Opinion

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

| CYP Now

One element of the "triple track" response in the new Youth Taskforce Action Plan is the idea of non-negotiable support. Some will immediately baulk at the concept: surely support has to be wanted to be effective?

Teenager pleads guilty to inciting racial hatred on internet

News

Friday, February 19, 2010

| CYP Now

A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to two charges of inciting racial hatred after posting videos on internet site YouTube in the first case of its kind in England and Wales.

Camden Young People's Mentoring Project

Other

Monday, February 22, 2010

| CYP Now

Mentoring scheme to help young people who are at risk of getting into trouble

Uncertainty looms over children's lead role at ACPO as McPherson announces retirement

News

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has refused to confirm whether there will be a replacement lead for children and young people within the organisation after it emerged that Ian McPherson will retire in the new year.

Youth prisons have only 11 special needs experts

Other

Monday, March 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Young offenders with special educational needs (SEN) could be missing out on specialist support due to a lack of trained professionals, according to figures obtained by CYP Now.