Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
Alcohol and youth offending
Alcohol Concern highlights the issues for young drinkers in contact with the criminal justice system & points out the lack of available interventions in London.
18th November 2016
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Alcohol Concern highlights the issues for young drinkers in contact with the criminal justice system & points out the lack of available interventions in London.
New thematic report from HMI Probation finds that one third of homeless young offenders are placed in unsafe/unsuitable accommodation.
Embedding desistance practice The timing of the Probation Inspectorate’s new thematic inspection on desistance and young people could hardly be better. Published on 24 May
Probation inspectors find that no progress has been made in last four years and many young offenders are still unprepared for transition to probation.
An excellent new report from Rob Allen for Transform Justice makes a compelling case for devolving the rehabilitation of young offenders to PCCs.
The SPCR study has spawned a new MoJ report on the characteristics and needs of young adult (18-20 years old) prisoners and helps to inform resettlement planning.
The reasons for this litany of poor practice have nothing to do with resources or politics. The findings are particularly shameful because the inspectors also found numerous examples of excellent work in custody and community and, where this was the case, the children in question had not reoffended.
