The Youth and Criminal Justice in Scotland: the young person’s journey is an online resource that aims to simplify how the youth and criminal justice system works for under 18s
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Clues that prisoners may take their own lives are too often missed, a watchdog has warned. Known factors indicating a heightened risk – such as a history of suicidal behaviour
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Prison suicides are costing the taxpayer up to £300 million a year, according to estimates by a penal reform charity. Growing inmate numbers, overcrowding and staff cuts have fuelled a
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A total of 86 courthouses across England and Wales are to be closed as part of a £700 million revamp to modernise the justice system. Justice minister Shailesh Vara said
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Young offenders could serve their sentences in “secure schools” rather than prisons under a radical overhaul of youth custody. Proposals being considered by ministers would see criminals aged under 18
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Prisoners at a high security jail studying criminology have scored higher marks than some of the university students they were working alongside in a ground-breaking academic course. The Inside-Out programme
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Volunteer charities have complained that stricter rules for letting prisoners out on temporary release hamper their ability to fill placements designed to help rehabilitate inmates. A joint briefing by the
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Fewer young people entering the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland has been highlighted as the primary achievement of the Youth Justice Review in a new report published by Criminal
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Children from gypsy, traveller or Romany backgrounds make up a “hugely disproportionate” number of inmates in youth prisons, figures reveal. One in 10 (11%) of those held in secure training
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A controversial courts charge levied on criminals is to be scrapped within weeks, Michael Gove has confirmed. The fees, which can range from from £150 to £1,200, will no longer
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