Children who have committed low-level offences but have stopped breaking the law should have their criminal record wiped clean when they turn 18, an inquiry into youth justice has recommended.
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There have been calls for a young offenders institution to be closed down after inspectors found that inmates were living in “squalid conditions” among the worst ever seen. Inmates at
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The mother of a Chesterfield teenager who hanged himself in a young offenders’ institute custody cell has told how she was shocked by the attitude of prison officers whom she
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Junior Smart, Founder of St Giles Trust’s SOS Project which supports young people to exit gangs and serious youth violence, explains how young people become trapped in gangs and what
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Plans by Devon county council to press ahead with up to 170 youth worker job losses were condemned by union Unite. Unite said that its members were being made ‘scapegoats’
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Government inspectors have criticised youth offending work in Portsmouth for not doing enough to stop reoffending or to protect victims. An HM Inspectorate of Probation report said the city’s youth
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Young offenders should be tested on their reading, writing and maths skills, the Scottish Conservatives have said. The party has called for mandatory testing to be introduced for young people
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HMI Probation Reports on Full Joint Inspections (FJI) and Short Quality Screenings (SQS) of youth offending work. These reports outline the findings of the recent SQS inspections carried out as
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This advice is for leaders, their senior teams and staff that are in schools or colleges affected by gang or youth violence. When developing an approach, it is recommended that
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A report for the children’s watchdog for England highlighted the large numbers of young people in children’s prisons in England who had neuro-developmental difficulties, such as brain injuries, that could
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