06/01/2025: Record numbers of children in England jailed many miles from their families

More than one in 10 young people in custody are held at least 75 miles from their homes

Guardian

03/12/2024: What Do Children Know And Think About Sentencing?

The Sentencing Academy explores children’s knowledge and opinions about sentencing.

Russell Webster

02/12/2024: Consultation opens on National Occupational Standards for youth justice

A consultation on the national occupational standards (NOS) impacting the youth justice sector is underway.

Children and Young People Now

13/11/2024: Children In Custody Being Failed

Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, disorder and lack of education.

Russell Webster

11/11/2024: Mission to tackle teenagers’ ‘trauma’ with police

Young people are being urged to take part in a project designed to “empower” their interactions with police.

BBC News

08/11/2024: YJB trustee to lead review of girls in custody

Susannah Hancock is to undertake an independent review into the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure estate.

Children and Young People Now

08/11/2024: Making Better Use Of Non-Custodial Sentences

Dr Stephanie Wallace guest posts on making better use of non-custodial sentences using the Sentence Severity Scale.

Russell Webster

31/10/2024: Addressing Racial Disparity in the Youth Justice System: a report into the success of local practices

This report, commissioned by the Youth Justice Board (YJB), was published on 24 October 2024. The report, authored by the charity Revolving Doors, uses qualitative and quantitative research methods to appraise local programmes in England and Wales that carry out interventions with the aim of preventing children and young people from re-offending.

Youth Justice Legal Centre

24/10/2024: Sure Start programme cut youth offending by a fifth, report finds

Support for children under the age of five through the Sure Start programme “significantly reduced” the chances of offending when they reached adolescence, a report has found.

Children and Young People Now

24/10/2024: Youth offending not included in government sentencing review

The youth offending framework will not be included in a sentencing review launched by the government.

Children and Young People Now