MPs on the all-party Justice Select Committee held the first hearing of an investigation into care and welfare within the ...

A visit to a Young Offender Institution that is breaking new ground in rehabilitating troubled children Tucked behind a racecourse and nestled in the Yorkshire countryside, sits one of the largest ...

The numbers of social workers based in young offenders institutions has increased but issues around the independence of child protection procedures remain. Years ago, when young offender institutions ...

A girl held in a young offenders’ institution was pinned down and forcibly stripped by a group of male prison guards, according to a watchdog. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said he was ...

Call for police to stop detaining children overnight; fall in reoffending rates; and bullying at Wetherby YOI, all in the news this week. Police are being urged to stop detaining children after ...

Charity Howard League for Penal Reform has sent a letter before claim to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood urging her to withdraw the decision. Pava spray, which is an incapacitant, is due to be made ...