young offenders

March 28, 2018

Young adult prison 'must address disturbing increase in prisoner self-harm'

HMYOI Brinsford must address a "dreadful" rise in self-harm by young adult prisoners and change a regime in which they are locked in cells for long periods of the day, according to prison inspectors.
January 10, 2018

Inspection report on Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution

Inspectors found Cookham Wood young offender institution, holding 161 boys, to be less safe and more violent than at the previous inspection in 2016, with little evidence of an effective strategy to reduce violence.
November 16, 2017

Tutu Foundation calls for reconsideration of treatment of young offenders

The Tutu Foundation has criticised comments made by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on the sentencing of teenage offenders.
July 18, 2017

Prison reform impossible until jails become safer, says Chief Inspector

Prison reform will not succeed unless the violence and prevalence of drugs in jail are addressed and prisoners are unlocked for more of the working day, said Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons. Today he published his second annual report, for 2016-17.
May 9, 2016

Mothers of young offenders call for action on prison suicides

The families of three young men who died in Glen Parva prison have called for more action to prevent suicides as Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons published its latest inspection report on the jail.
May 26, 2015

Rainsbrook prison 'another G4S scandal', says the Howard League

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to a report from Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Care Quality Commission on G4S-run Rainsbrook prison.
April 22, 2010

Sex offenders must have chance to change, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individuals should not be kept on the Sex Offenders' Register for life without the possibility of review.
May 16, 2007

Keeping faith with young offenders and justice