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Youth custody level drops below 900

News

Friday, April 8, 2016

The number of under-18s in custody has fallen to a record low, dropping below the 900 mark for the first time.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Health services have come in for criticism for failing to properly assess risks to children following the first joint inspection of child protection across health, social care and criminal justice services.

YJB moves to tackle minority ethnic over-representation in youth justice system

News

Friday, April 1, 2016

Youth justice chiefs are bidding to attract more people from black and ethnic minority communities to work within the system as part of efforts to tackle disproportionality.

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Children in residential care are being criminalised at excessively high rates compared with other boys and girls, a campaign group has claimed.

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

News

Friday, March 18, 2016

Action will be taken to tackle gang problems and improve safety in youth jails, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has told MPs.

Police and crime commissioner to take over youth offending service

News

Friday, March 18, 2016

Plans to transfer one of the country's largest youth offending services to a police and crime commissioner have been rubber-stamped, it has been announced.

Youth offending teams face fresh funding cuts

News

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Youth offending teams (YOTs) are facing fresh cuts to their funding after the National Probation Service (NPS) informed services of how much they can expect to receive in 2016/17.

Violence and bullying on rise at young offender institution

News

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

High levels of violence and bullying have been uncovered by inspectors at a young offender institution.

How young offenders make better choices thanks to life coaches

Other

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Project helps young people in custody make a fresh start.

YJB chief: Future of quango in doubt

News

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

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'

News

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

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

News

Friday, February 5, 2016

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

News

Friday, January 29, 2016

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

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

News

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

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

News

Monday, January 25, 2016

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

News

Monday, January 18, 2016

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.

My Life: Caitlin Morris, 18, Rochdale

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

I came to Rathbone Training in September 2015 after trying a course at another local college that wasn't right for me.

YOT leaders unconvinced by youth justice transition protocol

News

Friday, December 11, 2015

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.

Skills for the Job: Support BAME young offenders

Other

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

With a high proportion of young offenders from black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, practitioners must be sensitive to their needs.

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

News

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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

News

Friday, November 27, 2015

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.