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Youth Justice Board chair reappointed

Friday, April 14, 2023

| CYP Now

Chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) Keith Fraser has been reappointed to the position for a further two years, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has announced.

Lincolnshire YOS rated 'outstanding'

News

Thursday, April 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Lincolnshire’s youth offending service (YOS) has been rated “outstanding” by inspectors.

Home Secretary to consult on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

News

Monday, April 3, 2023

| CYP Now

The Home Secretary will launch a public consultation over the introduction of a mandatory requirement to report child sexual abuse concerns for adults working with young people.

Young offenders warn settings are ‘too risky’ for their families to visit

News

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

| CYP Now

Young offenders are warning that custody is “too risky” for their families to visit, and they are not being offered “any meaningful alternative” to stay in contact with their relatives.

Redthread names new chief executive

News

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

| CYP Now

Violence prevention charity Redthread has announced the appointment of youth sector stalwart Geethika Jayatilaka as its new chief executive.

Questions over police use of knife images

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Evidence suggests images of knives to "scare" young people from carrying weapons don't work, and may exacerbate the problem.

Young people draw on their personal experiences to change justice system

Best Practice

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Charity gives young people with experience of the justice system the chance to drive positive change through research, leadership and facilitation.

Black children 'six times more likely' to be strip-searched

News

Monday, March 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Black children are up to six times more likely to be strip-searched compared with national population figures, a finding slammed as "utterly unacceptable" by the children's commissioner for England.

Inspectors find insufficient progress in equality and diversity work at Parc YOI

News

Thursday, March 23, 2023

| CYP Now

A young offender institution (YOI) dubbed the "best in England and Wales" has made insufficient progress in improving its equality and diversity work, inspectors have found.

When is a prison for children not a children's prison?

Opinion

Thursday, March 23, 2023

| CYP Now

Prisons minister Damian Hinds recently announced that he was going to “move away” from the practice of “presuming automatic transition” for young people to adult prisons on their 18th birthdays.

Met Police condemned over child safeguarding failures

News

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

| CYP Now

The Metropolitan Police must address long-standing concerns about its child protection and safeguarding practice, including the view of some officers that black and ethnic minority children should be regarded as a “threat”, a damning report into the force’s culture says.

Behaviour management approach ‘increases criminalisation of children in care’

News

Friday, March 17, 2023

| CYP Now

Local authorities should move away from a “one size fits all” approach to tackling behavioural issues involving children in care, which can include calling police into residential settings, research recommends.

Howard League criticises impact of ‘colourblind’ legal system

News

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| CYP Now

"Colourblind" practices are a barrier to challenging racism and discrimination in the justice system, including against young people, research published by the Howard League for Penal Reform claims.

Ofsted to inspect STCs annually

News

Monday, March 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Secure training centres (STCs) are to be inspected annually by Ofsted, the inspectorate has announced, amid concerns for the safety of children placed in these settings.

Parliamentary committee criticises government inaction on tackling disproportionality in youth custody

News

Friday, March 3, 2023

| CYP Now

There is a “lack of curiosity” across government departments about what is driving the increase in the proportion of children from ethnic minority backgrounds entering youth custody, an influential group of MPs has warned.

Therapeutic support programme reducing exclusions in London, research finds

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| CYP Now

A therapeutic intervention programme designed to reduce rates of exclusion in London has supported hundreds of children at risk of involvement in youth violence, according to an evaluation report.

Deprivation of liberty applications surpass previous annual total

News

Thursday, February 23, 2023

| CYP Now

The number deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications submitted to a specialist court overseeing the system in the first six months of it operating, has surpassed the total made the previous year, latest data shows.

'Tangible action’ needed to address youth violence, says campaigner

News

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

| CYP Now

“Tangible action" is needed to protect vulnerable young people from the cycle of youth violence, youth coach and campaigner Amani Simpson has urged.

Young people share plans to tackle youth violence and exploitation with London mayor

News

Thursday, February 16, 2023

| CYP Now

Hundreds of young people involved in programmes to boost opportunities for under-25s have taken part in an event to share solutions to the biggest issues facing their generation including youth violence and exploitation, poor mental health and racism.

Empowerment programme offers positive pathways to at-risk black young people

News

Thursday, February 16, 2023

| CYP Now

The Amani Project is working with black and mixed-race young people who want to turn their lives around, offering positive pathways to young people who are at risk of youth violence and exploitation.

Call to roll out Covid style small family ‘bubbles’ across youth custody

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| CYP Now

The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is being urged to consider reorganising young offenders in custody into “small family groups” after a study found they benefitted children when used during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Child sexual abuse offences surpass 100,000 for the first time

News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Police forces in England and Wales recorded the most child sexual offences ever in 2021/22, with numbers surpassing 100,000 for the first time.

Treat criminal exploitation of young people as a ‘national threat’, campaigners urge

News

Friday, February 3, 2023

| CYP Now

Youth justice leaders and cross-party MPs have urged the government to treat youth violence and criminal exploitation of young people as a "national threat" during an event in parliament.

Understanding perpetrator behaviour to protect the vulnerable

Features

Thursday, February 2, 2023

| CYP Now

Sexually abusive behaviour challenges our moral compass – rightly so – and provokes us to rush to condemn the perpetrator. For those of us whose role it is to protect the the victims and survivors and onlookers, the affront can feel intensely personal.