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Call to tackle police violence against young people

    News
  • Thursday, October 13, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Police officers should receive specific training on how to communicate and deal with children and young people, as part of efforts to tackle the use of violence against them, a children's rights organisation has said. ?

Interview: Mark Johnson, founder, User Voice

    Features
  • Monday, November 1, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Mark Johnson is waging a war on interfering middlemen. He's angry young offenders do not have a voice, he's tired of social structures distancing them from policy-makers and he thinks government cuts demonstrate classist principles.

Youth justice roundup

    Other
  • Thursday, September 12, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Troubled families progress, inspection of young offender institution for young women, and child sexual exploitation, all in the news in the past seven days.

Peers query secure college plan

    News
  • Thursday, July 31, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Peers have questioned a government proposal to open an £80m secure college for young offenders, citing a lack of evidence to support the plan.

New rules governing restraint in youth jails unveiled

    News
  • Tuesday, July 10, 2012
  • | CYP Now
New rules governing the use of restraint in youth custody will have a "big impact" on reducing the number of young people subjected to such interventions, the head of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has predicted.