More than 500 suspected members of county lines gangs arrested in a week
More than 500 suspected members of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested in a week. Between May 13 and 20 police forces across the UK carried out a crackdown
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Tag: Youth Offending
Order published to reduce ‘ineffective’ short term prison sentences in Scotland
An order has been published to extend the presumption against short prison sentences from three months to a year, in an attempt to break the cycle of reoffending. The Scottish
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Supervision of all offenders to be brought back in-house after ‘flawed’ privatisation
Supervision of all offenders in England and Wales is being brought back in-house after a part-privatisation was dogged by controversy and criticism. The public National Probation Service (NPS) will take
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Teenager was made prefect after school discovered ‘upskirt’ videos of teachers
A teenager found guilty of taking upskirt videos of two teachers left his victims feeling violated, objectified and vulnerable, a judge has said. Timothy Boomer, 18, was sentenced to a
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Watchdog questions ‘special measures’ process after jail’s performance worsens
The prison service has been accused of “systemic failure” after an inspection found a jail’s performance had worsened despite being placed in “special measures”. Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke
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PM faces calls for independent public inquiry into ‘living hell’ detention centre
Theresa May has faced calls to establish an independent public inquiry to examine a now-closed detention centre that was described as a “living hell” for young prisoners. Labour’s Laura Pidcock
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Holyrood MSPs back new law raising age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 12
Holyrood has passed legislation which will prevent primary school-age children from being treated as criminals. MSPs unanimously backed a new law raising the age of criminal responsibility from the current
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NHS trust failed to properly care for suicidal teenager who was deemed high risk
A scandal-hit NHS trust failed to properly care for a suicidal teenager despite him being considered “high risk” and “grossly psychotic”, a court heard. Jamie Osborne killed himself on the
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Call for decisive action over ‘postcode lottery’ in prison sentences for women
Women in parts of the north of England are four times more likely to end up in jail than female offenders in the Home Counties, research suggests. A report by
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Mentor schemes awarded £3.4 million to support convicts leaving prison
Mentor schemes to support convicts coming out of prison have been awarded £3.4 million by the Scottish Government. The cash, which will be split between four programmes, will fund mentors
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