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Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

Thursday, March 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams (YOTs) are facing fresh cuts to their funding after the National Probation Service (NPS) informed services of how much they can expect to receive in 2016/17.

Violence and bullying on rise at young offender institution

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

| CYP Now

High levels of violence and bullying have been uncovered by inspectors at a young offender institution.

YJB chief: Future of quango in doubt

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

| CYP Now

The future of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) is in doubt, with the quango unlikely to continue in its present form once a government review of the youth justice system is completed, the organisation's chief executive has said.

Huge increase in 'at-height' custody protests in youth jails

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly placing themselves in danger by climbing onto railings and "anti-suicide" netting, it has emerged.

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) will be turned into "secure academies" under plans to improve education for young people in custody and reduce reoffending rates.

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

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Friday, January 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to harm themselves, latest figures show.

Non-white children more likely to face custody for knife possession

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Black, Asian and ethnic minority children are more likely to be sent to custody for knife possession than white children, new figures have shown.

Ofsted calls for body-worn cameras across all youth custody settings

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Staff in all youth custody settings should be made to wear body cameras in a bid to prevent mistreatment of young people, Ofsted and the Prisons Inspectorate have said.

Former YJB chief to decide whether to probe Medway abuse allegations

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| CYP Now

The former chief executive of the Youth Justice Board will have the final say on whether a serious case review (SCR) should be conducted into allegations of abuse of children held in custody at Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent.

Urgent call for staffing overhaul to make youth custody safer

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Allegations of abuse by a handful of staff at Medway Secure Training Centre highlight longstanding issues over the use of restraint, the quality of the workforce and monitoring of standards in custody, say youth justice experts.

YJB to probe safety standards at secure training centres

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said it will investigate safety standards in three secure training centres in the wake of allegations of abuse at one of the units.

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.

Rise in children and young people in custody feeling unsafe

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people in custody regularly report feeling unsafe, with intimidation and threats commonplace, a study has found.

Youth justice system faces overhaul

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Ex-government adviser Charlie Taylor outlines what he will focus on as he leads a review of the system.

YJB to save £4.6m by axing secure children's home places

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Numbers of custodial places in secure children's homes are to be cut by 15 per cent, it has been announced.

YJB urges ‘radical' reform of youth justice services

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has called on government to commit to "fundamental and radical" reform of youth justice services in order to keep the system functioning in the wake of major funding cuts.

McNally calls on DfE and DH to help tackle youth offending

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board (YJB) chair Lord McNally has called on the Department for Education and the Department of Health (DH) to make more of a contribution to tackling youth offending.

Young people report 'struggling to breathe' during custody restraints

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people have been left struggling to breathe as a result of being restrained by officers in youth custody units, a report has revealed.

Youth offending team inspections suspended as YJB confirms £9m cuts

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Inspections of local authority youth offending teams (YOTs) will be suspended for a period as part of efforts to help them cope with £9m of in-year cuts that have been rubber-stamped by the Youth Justice Board.

Campaigners question suitability of firm in charge of youth custody unit

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised over the suitability of a company that runs US jails to manage a controversial youth custody unit in England.

Place young offenders in small units, children's commissioner urges

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Large children's prisons should be scrapped and replaced with smaller secure units in order to improve access to education and rehabilitation, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Charities demand government strategy for children of prisoners

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

| CYP Now

Government must introduce a national strategy to improve support for children of prisoners a group of charities has said.

Youth remand continues to fall

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Thursday, October 8, 2015

| CYP Now

The amount of time spent by young people on remand in youth custody has fallen for the second year in a row, government figures show.

Fears cuts to YOTs will trigger youth custody rise

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Monday, October 5, 2015

| CYP Now

More children and young people could end up in custody if proposed emergency cuts to funding for youth offending teams (YOTs) are rubber-stamped, local government leaders have warned.