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
03/12/2024: What Do Children Know And Think About Sentencing?
The Sentencing Academy explores children’s knowledge and opinions about sentencing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.