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YJB chief: Future of quango in doubt

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.

Theresa May moots PCC-run free schools

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Friday, February 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioners (PCC) could be handed powers to open up their own free schools to support troubled young people at risk of crime, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

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

News

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.

Top officer slams slow progress of police engagement with children

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Monday, January 18, 2016

| CYP Now

Progress on improving the way police engage with young people is "pedestrian", the country's top police officer for children and young people has said.

YOT leaders unconvinced by youth justice transition protocol

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Friday, December 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Youth Offending Team (YOT) managers remain concerned about handing over cases to adult probation services despite the release of a joint protocol on the issue.

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

News

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.

NCS under consideration as 'intervention' for young offenders

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

| CYP Now

The government's flagship National Citizens Service (NCS) has been mooted as a way of getting young offenders back on track, CYP Now can reveal.??

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.

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Police, councils, youth services, and schools should be working with children as young as seven to prevent them getting involved with gangs or violent youth crime, it has been claimed.

Police and crime commissioner to take over youth offending service

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Friday, November 6, 2015

| CYP Now

One of the largest youth offending services in the country is set to be handed over to a police and crime commissioner in the first arrangement of its kind.

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.

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Police forces should only attend children's homes to tackle extreme incidents of young people's behaviour, the country's top police officer for children's issues has said.

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.

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.

One in three young people in custody are in care system

News

Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

More than a third of under-18s in young offender institutions (YOI) are in the care system, it has emerged.

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

| CYP Now

The first independent trust to be established by government to take on failing children's services has been told to improve its youth offending services after inspectors judged several areas of its work "unsatisfactory".

Rise in violence at YOI leads to more young people feeling unsafe

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

| CYP Now

Levels of violence at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) are growing, with assaults on staff and boys held at the establishment rising over the past year, according to inspectors.

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YJB chief: Future of quango in doubt

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

Youth jails to be transformed into 'secure academies'

Theresa May moots PCC-run free schools

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

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

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

Former YJB chief to decide whether to probe Medway abuse allegations

Top officer slams slow progress of police engagement with children

YOT leaders unconvinced by youth justice transition protocol

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

YJB urges ‘radical' reform of youth justice services

NCS under consideration as 'intervention' for young offenders

Young people report 'struggling to breathe' during custody restraints

Children as young as seven ‘show signs' of future gang involvement

Police and crime commissioner to take over youth offending service

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

Campaigners question suitability of firm in charge of youth custody unit

Police chief urges leniency around children's home incidents

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

Youth remand continues to fall

Fears cuts to YOTs will trigger youth custody rise

One in three young people in custody are in care system

Independent trust's youth offending work deemed 'unsatisfactory'

Rise in violence at YOI leads to more young people feeling unsafe

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