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Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments in an effort to tackle gang violence is to be expanded across London.

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils will not receive any extra money when they take over responsibility for youth offender curfew monitoring in two months' time.

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

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Friday, April 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Police used disproportionate and unjustified violence against children during protests against tuition fee rises, a report has found.

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The government must act to implement the recommendations of John Dunford and ensure every piece of legislation is considered with the rights of children in mind, campaigners have said.

National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

The head of the new body overseeing Scotland's hearing system believes the introduction of more consistent training and practice standards for lay assessors will improve the service that vulnerable children and young people receive.

Campaigners back closure of all-girl YOIs

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A Youth Justice Board (YJB) decision to decommission the last three girls' young offender institutions (YOI) in England has been welcomed by youth justice campaigners.

Feltham YOI gets 'worst in a decade' inspection reports

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Feltham YOI is blighted by extreme violence, gang culture and intimidation, according to two damning inspection reports.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

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.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is being called on to review the way it deals with vulnerable young people after the personal details of a teenage witness were inadvertently given to gang members.

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Relocated young gang members at greater risk of reoffending, study finds

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Relocation support is failing young offenders wanting to quit gangs, according to latest research.

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has told a group of MPs he is likely to oppose calls to introduce mandatory sentences for children caught carrying knives.

50,000 children locked up by police

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

All young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities, under plans to reduce reoffending and shake up the justice system.

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

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Monday, December 6, 2010

| CYP Now

The role of children's commissioner for England should be merged with the Office of the Children's Rights Director, John Dunford, the former general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has recommended in his review published today.

Peers urged to block mandatory knife crime sentences

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Monday, November 21, 2011

| CYP Now

A coalition of youth justice organisations has called on the House of Lords to block government attempts to introduce controversial mandatory sentences for children convicted of knife crime.

Inquiry to examine police-youth relations

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

MPs and peers have launched an inquiry into the way the police interact with children and young people.

Government rejects expansion of YJB's remit to young adults

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice has ruled out extending the Youth Justice Board's (YJB) remit to include young adults.

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Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

YOTs to take on young offender curfew monitoring

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

Dunford reforms will bolster children's rights in England

National standards will improve children's hearing system, says chief

Campaigners back closure of all-girl YOIs

Feltham YOI gets 'worst in a decade' inspection reports

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Call for talks as Social Value Act shakes up commissioning

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

Relocated young gang members at greater risk of reoffending, study finds

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

50,000 children locked up by police

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

Children's commissioner should be merged with children's rights director, Dunford recommends

Peers urged to block mandatory knife crime sentences

Inquiry to examine police-youth relations

Government rejects expansion of YJB's remit to young adults

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