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The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is considering placing police officers in Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in an effort to tackle high levels of gang violence.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

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Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Barnardo's calls for better education on the dangers of 'sexting'

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

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Barnardo's has urged police forces not to take a "heavy-handed" approach to dealing with young people found to have sent explicit images of themselves to friends.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

Daily roundup: Children's services, leadership and child protection

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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Hampshire children's services receive "good" Ofsted judgment; Salford DCS to become Solihull chief executive; and Bristol gets new child protection service, all in the news today.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

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The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Legal Update: Children's overnight stays in cells

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Thousands of children spend a night in police detention before appearing in court. Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the law on detention.

Daily roundup: Child health, inspection reform, and mental health

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Monday, January 27, 2014

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Labour pushes for ban on smoking in cars carrying children; Gove gives Wilshaw vote of confidence over think tank reports; and children with mental health problems still detained in police cells, all in the news today.

Peers defeat 'annoyance' injunction proposals

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Friday, January 10, 2014

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The House of Lords has blocked government proposals that could have seen injunctions served against children as young as 10 for playing noisily outdoors.

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

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Mental health and penal reform campaigners are concerned a government scheme that will see mental health professionals assess young people's needs soon after arrest could be undermined by a lack of specialist local support.

PCCs urged to focus on early intervention to cut youth crime

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

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Early intervention is key to preventing youth crime and should be a priority for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), according to new guidelines.

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

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Local authorities and other agencies need to work more closely together to reduce offending of children and young people living in care homes, a government review has concluded.

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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Criminal justice inspectorates in England and Wales are to carry out an investigation into the effectiveness of services that work with girl offenders.