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Election 2017: Party Policy Guide

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

| CYP Now

Neil Puffett has trawled the manifestos to provide the definitive guide to what the three main UK-wide parties pledge on key issues for children, young people and families.

European human rights body calls for urgent action on youth custody safety

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Thursday, April 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The Council of Europe has called on the British government to take urgent action to improve the safety of young people held in custody.

Courts set to consider ethnicity when sentencing under-18s

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Courts will be required to take into account the overrepresentation of black and ethnic minority children in the youth justice system when they sentence children, under new guidance coming into force this summer.

Social workers advised to visit homes for six months in suspected abuse cases

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

| CYP Now

Social workers should consider home visits for at least six months if there are suspicions that a child is being abused or neglected, new guidance has suggested.

Magistrates issue 'exemption clause' warning

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Magistrates have added their voice to fears that measures in the Children and Social Work Bill to allow councils to opt out of children's legislation will undermine the rights of vulnerable young people.

Inspectors slam Met Police for 'inexcusable' child protection failures

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Fundamental deficiencies in the way the Metropolitan Police (Met) understands and responds to child abuse and child sexual exploitation (CSE) are placing children in London at risk, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has warned.

Youth custody 'unsafe' for half of boys

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost half of all boys held in young offender institutions (YOIs) feel "unsafe" in custody, the highest level recorded since the Prisons Inspectorate began recording views in 2001, a study has found.

Children 'left traumatised' by police raids

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Monday, November 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Children who are at home during police raids to arrest a parent or family should get more support to help them deal with the trauma, a charity has said.

Child sex offences involving the internet top 3,000

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

| CYP Now

More than 3,000 sexual offences against children, including 100 rapes, had an online link, statistics obtained by the NSPCC have shown.

Fresh abuse allegations at G4S youth custody unit

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| CYP Now

New allegations of abuse relating to Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Kent have emerged.

First multi-agency child protection inspection criticises health services

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

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.

Children in residential care 'excessively criminalised'

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

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

Police forces ‘failing' missing children

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Police are failing to properly protect missing children from potential abuse, a report has found.

Gove pledges action on youth custody safety

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| CYP Now

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

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.

Safeguarding probe ordered into Medway abuse allegations

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Friday, February 19, 2016

| CYP Now

Claims that unnecessary force was used on young people held at a secure training centre in Kent will be investigated by a local safeguarding children board, it has been announced.

Youth custody levels drop to new low

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Friday, February 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Numbers of children held in custody have fallen to a new low, latest figures have shown.

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.

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.

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