Clare Jerrom
Youth justice professionals to be trained in childhood trauma
More than 200,000 children will be reached to ascertain the value of the trauma training.
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A clearer vision for a safer journey
Wipers Youth
Sep 22, 20233 min read
Probation officers are failing to adequately assess risk
Probation practitioners are failing to draw on a wide enough range of information when assessing risk, annual report shows.
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Clare Jerrom
Sep 6, 20232 min read
Race equality remains 'work in progress' in probation
Race equality for people on probation and probation staff remains a work in progress, HM Inspectorate of Probation has found.
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Clare Jerrom
Aug 28, 20232 min read
Serious youth violence to be focus of inspections
YOTs, children's social care, police, health, education services will be inspected on how they work collaboratively to tackle youth violence
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Clare Jerrom
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Restraint causing pain should not be used in youth estate
Pain-inducing techniques should not be used as an official form of restraint across the youth secure estate, the government has stated.
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Clare Jerrom
Aug 13, 20232 min read
Better understanding needed in racial disproportionality of missing persons
People from minority ethnic groups are missing for longer, less likely to be found by the police and recorded as being at risk than white.
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Clare Jerrom
Jul 31, 20234 min read
Children in cells in YOIs for 23 hours per day, warns Independent Monitoring Board
Keeping young people locked in their cells for 23 hours per day is futile and will only store up problems for the future.
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Clare Jerrom
Jul 30, 20232 min read
Case Study: Leon
Without a positive male role model at home, Leon needed guidance and support to motivate him and expose him to positive life experiences.
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Clare Jerrom
Jul 17, 20234 min read
Tens of thousands of girls at risk of criminal or sexual exploitation
Research by the Commission on Young Lives and Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Centre for Youth Studies
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Clare Jerrom
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Initiative designed to provide accommodation to prison leavers
Up to 12,000 prison leavers at risk of being released homeless will be offered temporary housing for up to 12 weeks to prevent re-offending.
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Clare Jerrom
Jul 10, 20233 min read
Deteriorating conditions in youth estate must be addressed
The 30 organisations have written to prisons' minister, Damian Hinds, to express "grave concerns regarding the children’s secure estate".
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Clare Jerrom
Jul 5, 20232 min read
Too much violence in the children's secure estate
With the exception of Parc Young Offenders Institution, incidents of violence remained high in most YOIs, says inspectorate's annual report.
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Vulnerable prisoners supported on release in a bid to prevent reoffending
According to research, an offender’s release day can make a difference to that person’s likelihood of reoffending.
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Offenders diverted to drug and alcohol treatment to tackle criminality
Courts will direct low-level offenders to drug and alcohol treatment through a new pilot scheme, the government has announced.
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 27, 20232 min read
ETE opportunities in youth justice system remain inconsistent
Education, training + employment opportunities for young people in the youth justice system "remain variable and inconsistent" HMI Probation
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 19, 20234 min read
Home Secretary urges increased use of stop and search powers
All England and Wales chief constables have been urged to arrest where a stop and search is unlawfully obstructed by the Home Secretary.
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 12, 20232 min read
100,000 young Londoners to have mentor by 2024
The London Mayor's Office has pledged £10m of funding to ensure that 100,000 young people in London have a mentor by the end of 2024.
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 12, 20233 min read
Professionals need training in unconscious bias to tackle youth violence
Professionals should feel confident in recognising unconscious bias and discriminatory behaviour to tackle discrimination in youth crime.
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Clare Jerrom
Jun 8, 20233 min read
Chief Inspector of Constabulary: Research needed into disproportionality
More research to measure disproportionality and the effectiveness of stop and search should be carried out to fully understand its effects.
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Clare Jerrom
May 25, 20232 min read
Funding announced to deter women from criminal activity
Drug, housing and employment support is being offered to thousands more vulnerable women in a bid to deter them from crime.
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