Courts and sentencing

Electronic tag fitted to 11-year-old

Youth Justice

Secure homes to lose places as YJB cuts beds for young offenders

Social Care

Quarter of a million children arrested each year

Youth Justice

Nineteen-year-old is sixth teenager to die in custody in UK this year

Youth Justice

Cutbacks prevent magistrates from using alternatives to custody

Youth Justice

Complacency threatens progress on youth violence

Youth Justice

Youth offending teams failing young people in court, inspection finds

Youth Justice

Inspectors praise Staffordshire youth offending work

Youth Justice

MPs call for reform of young offender speech and language assessments

Youth Justice

Proportion of ethnic minority children in custody rises

Youth Justice

Lib Dem youth justice policy at odds with government line on age of criminal responsibility

Youth Justice

Variation in custody levels continues despite overall fall

Youth Justice