05/02/2025: Lack Of Basic Care Leads Women In Prison To Self-Harm

Prison inspectors say prisons are not doing enough to help women cope. For some this lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves.

Russell Webster

27/01/2025: Effective Relational Working In Youth Justice

An evidence-informed model and guide for effective relational working in youth justice.

Russell Webster

17/01/2025: People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes

Negative stereotypes linked to some accents raise serious concerns of bias in justice system, warn researchers.

Guardian

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