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Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

Monday, June 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's welfare should be considered at every stage of the criminal justice system when their parents are facing detention or imprisonment, a group of charities is urging.

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Central government must urgently consult local authorities on how new "social value" laws could impact on children's services, it has been has warned.

Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights'

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Government is failing to deliver on a promise of checking how policies affect children's rights, a report has claimed.

Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has been accused of breaking an international treaty on children's rights after it emerged that young offenders are being transferred from youth custody to adult prisons.

Magistrates' Association backs decision to release 12-year-old sex offender

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Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A decision to discharge a 12-year-old boy with an IQ of 58 who admitted 22 crimes including sexual assault has been supported by the Magistrates' Association.

Young people wish for quicker family justice system

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

The family justice system should work faster to stop children and young people from suffering "trauma and stress", according to a group of young people with family court system experience.

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to delay legislation to overhaul support for children with special educational needs (SEN), over concerns that the law could be changed before the proposed reforms have been properly tested.

Unicef calls on government to enshrine children's rights in UK law

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The UK must incorporate children's rights into domestic law or risk the development and wellbeing of young people, Unicef has claimed.

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth custody settings and police stations should contain cameras that record sound to prevent young offenders being subjected to violence, a report has claimed.

Judicial review to examine treatment of 17-year-olds in police custody

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

| CYP Now

A charity has won the right to a High Court judicial review of the way that 17-year-olds are treated in police custody.

Young victims of domestic violence to be recognised in revised legal definition

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The legal definition of domestic violence is to be widened to include teenagers, so that 16- and 17-year-olds can access support to escape abusive relationships, the government has announced.

Third of councils spend nothing on advocacy for children in care, warns charity

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Looked-after children are being let down by a lack of independent advocacy services, which means they miss out on the chance to air their views, a report by The Children's Society has warned.

Call to improve young women's mental health screening in custody

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Young women in police custody are being deprived of support to safeguard their mental health, a report has claimed.

Schools 'use more CCTV than local authorities'

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 100,000 CCTV cameras are being used in secondary schools across Britain - topping the number controlled by local authorities, a report from Big Brother Watch has claimed.

Fears over young offenders held in adult prisons

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Increasing numbers of young offenders are being held in adult prisons with wings or single cells being "re-designated" as young offender institutions, it has been claimed.

Training for children's services staff aims to boost young deaf people's rights

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Friday, August 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Social workers and teachers will be offered training to improve young deaf people's access to legal support, after a report found that too often young people are unaware of help available to them.

Home Office study reveals public support for less punitive stance on youth crime

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Members of the public do not want to see under-18s criminalised for low-level crime, despite being concerned about a "lack of discipline" among young people.

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaign groups have criticised a new system of restraint being adopted in youth custody settings because it continues to allow techniques that involve inflicting pain on young people.

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has shelved plans to class all 17-year-olds taken into police custody as children, it has been announced.

Children's commissioner slams town centre ban for children

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for Wales Keith Towler has criticised the introduction of a curfew that bans children and young people from a town centre.

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Justice system must ensure wellbeing of prisoners' children, say campaigners

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

Government ‘flouts promise on children's rights'

Government admits placing young offenders in adult jails

Magistrates' Association backs decision to release 12-year-old sex offender

Young people wish for quicker family justice system

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

Unicef calls on government to enshrine children's rights in UK law

Young people demand sound recording cameras in youth custody settings

Judicial review to examine treatment of 17-year-olds in police custody

Young victims of domestic violence to be recognised in revised legal definition

Third of councils spend nothing on advocacy for children in care, warns charity

Call to improve young women's mental health screening in custody

Schools 'use more CCTV than local authorities'

Fears over young offenders held in adult prisons

Training for children's services staff aims to boost young deaf people's rights

Home Office study reveals public support for less punitive stance on youth crime

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

Children's commissioner slams town centre ban for children

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