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Prison

Inspectors call for reform of YOIs

Chief Prison Inspector Peter Clarke said the negative experiences of children in YOIs underlines the need for their reform.

Prison

Solitary confinement of child prisoners

Chief Prison Inspector Peter Clarke calls for an overhaul of the way we “separate” child prisoners in young offender institutions and the ending of solitary confinement.

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Criminal Justice

Examining our youth justice system

Crest Advisory report analyses what drove the falls in first time entrants and custody in the youth justice system and asks what we should do as a result.

On Probation

Children leaving custody “set up to fail”

Children and young people released from young offender institutions are getting too little support in the community and are being “set up to fail”, according to a new report by the Prison and Probation inspectorates.

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On Probation

YOIs resettlement work failing

Joint Prison/Probation inspectorate report finds YOIs failing most children and young people on release.

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