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Crime prevention initiative set for expansion

Friday, April 20, 2018

| CYP Now

A pilot programme that works with young offenders as soon as they are taken into police custody in a bid to help divert them from crime and find work is to be expanded.

Knife crime initiative aims for expansion into youth custody

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Talks are under way to deploy medical students across all secure estate settings to warn young offenders of the dangers of knife crime and teach them how to give life-saving emergency support to victims.

Truss strips YJB of youth custody role

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Friday, February 24, 2017

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) will no longer be responsible for commissioning and overseeing the youth secure estate, with a new body being established to take on the role, it has been announced.

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Government minister Lord McNally has been appointed as the new chair of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Bid to increase age of criminal responsibility dismissed by government

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Government has rejected calls by leading children's charities for the age of criminal responsibility to be increased.

Bid to increase age of criminal responsibility dismissed by government

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Calls by leading children's charities for the age of criminal responsibility to be increased have been rejected by government.

Riots response has made gangs more violent

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Moves to arrest hundreds of gang members in the wake of last year's riots has led to an increase in violence, chaos and anarchy because younger inexperienced members are filling the leadership vacuum, a think-tank says.

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.

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.

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.

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.