YOIs and STCs to be phased out in 10 years under care review recommendations
The state of child detention in England is abysmal with both Young Offender Institutions and Secure Training Centres being “wholly unsuitable” for children, the independent review of children’s social care has warned.
Secure children’s homes are almost always better able to provide a more caring, less institutionalised and more supportive environment for young people to [...]
Surge of young people could be drawn into youth justice system following pandemic
There is a significant risk of a surge in the number of children drawn into the youth justice system following the pandemic, a report by the Alliance for Youth Justice has found.
The briefing finds:
Exacerbated vulnerabilities and inequalities: the impact of COVID-19 on children is devastating, as not only have pre-existing vulnerabilities been exacerbated and [...]
Children in care from BME backgrounds face ‘double whammy’ of disadvantage
Inequalities in the youth justice system regarding ethnic minority children and children in care has intensified with minoritised children in care likely to bear the brunt, according to research from Lancaster University.
Children in care who come from an ethnic minority background can experience a 'double whammy' of disadvantage when it comes to youth justice [...]
Applications for children to be deprived of liberty rockets by 462%
The number of applications to deprive children of their liberty has soared by 462% in three years, according to research by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Despite the numbers rising rapidly, of the 420 children referred for a place in a secure children’s home for welfare reasons, only 209 received a placement.
Lisa Harker, director of [...]
Three quarters of children on remand did not receive custodial sentence
Almost three quarters of children remanded to custody did not receive a prison term following sentencing.
Ministry of Justice figures revealed that three quarters of children who spent time in prison on remand went on to receive a non-custodial outcome – 8% point higher when compared with the previous year in outcomes which did not [...]
Extent of abuse experienced by children in youth justice system revealed
Nine in 10 children in the youth justice system are either known to have or suspected to have suffered abuse, a report has warned.
Commissioned by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, the Punishing Abuse report, argues that a number of children in the youth justice system are [...]
