Leading judges are being asked to rule that a teenager’s “prolonged solitary confinement” in detention amounted to “inhuman and degrading” treatment. Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Lord Justice Moylan and
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Offenders convicted of crimes involving violence or knives will generally no longer be able to serve part of their sentence at home on an electronic tag curfew. Justice Secretary Humza
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The parents of a young woman who killed herself in jail after enduring “horrific experiences” have called for a review of Scotland’s prison system. Katie Allan’s family said on Thursday
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Police could start using fitness tracker-style devices to monitor suspects’ vital signs while in custody. Two UK forces are considering using the technology, which has been trialled in the NHS
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A scheme to prevent young people from becoming repeat offenders has been given lottery funding. Police Scotland has been given money to help employ two adult mentors who have first-hand
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Prisoners are merely being “warehoused” at a jail where they are kept in squalid conditions for up to 23 hours a day, a watchdog report has warned. Under a restricted
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Arrests of children in England and Wales have fallen by more than two-thirds since the start of the decade, according to new figures. The number reduced from nearly a quarter
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Teenagers as young as 13 are resigned to being stabbed or ending up behind bars for violence, a charity boss has said. Workers who speak to young people in hospital
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Politicians from all sides have failed to deal with rising levels of youth violence, Labour’s Chuka Umunna has claimed, as he called for knife crime to be treated like a
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An episode of Panorama about the abuse of children at a scandal-hit G4S-run youth jail has been found to be in breach of one of Ofcom’s broadcasting rules, the media
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