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Grave concerns about children’s prisons
We are one of a number signatories of a letter to the prison’s minister, Damian Hinds, expressing “grave concerns regarding the children’s secure estate”.
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Rape is not prohibited by the law, it is regulated
Earlier this week, the Victims' Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC decried the “catastrophic” decline in prosecutions for rape.
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Children’s lives in custody matter too
Gareth Myatt also said he couldn’t breathe. He was told by prison officers who were restraining him at the time that if he could talk he could breathe.
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The worst place in the world
Before the Strangeways protests, children were incarcerated with adults.
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Coalition calls for closure of all child prisons
A coalition of more than 70 organisations have called for party manifestos to pledge an end to the imprisonment of children.
We are a member...
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State is failing young people leaving custody
Youth resettlement – final report into work in the community, the latest report from HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM Inspectorate of Prisons, has prompted calls for more support for young people released from custody. Our Director, Richard Garside is amongst those calling for the state to address it failures.
The report found that children leaving custody are not being given adequate support as they re-integrate back into life in the community. Both ITV News...
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Latest from the campaign to end child imprisonment
In advance of today's Westminster Hall debate on the abolition of child imprisonment, the steering group of the End Child Imprisonment campaign have produced a joint briefing.
The document is unequivocal that the child's best interests must always be a primary consideration and urges cross-party commitment to the immediate closure of young offender institutions and secure training centres.
The steering group call for investment in services and support for...
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Joint call for closure of child prisons
The campaign to End Child Imprisonment has today published Principles and minimum expectations for children deprived of their liberty, which provides a framework for addressing harmful behaviour and supporting vulnerable children outside of prison settings.
The campaign is a coalition of organisations and individuals who propose alternatives to child imprisonment and minimum expectations and standards for cases where it is absolutely necessary to deprive children of their liberty. Article 39 is leading the campaign and their Director said: ...
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End child imprisonment video by Open University
Child Imprisonment: Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people, the latest from the campaign to end child imprisonment, is a short documentary about the harms of depriving children of their liberty.
Dr David Scott interviews campaigners who have been personally affected by the issue, and Carolyne Willow, Director of Article 39.
David closes the video saying:
We need to think again about what we mean by child prison as a
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Joint call for closure of Medway secure training centre
The Centre's director, Richard Garside, is co-signatory of a letter calling for Medway's closure.
After Panorama's revelations three years ago of the abuse taking place in G4S-run Medway secure training centre, the latest Ofsted inspection report found that pain-inducing restraint techniques are still being used.
The letter is part of a wider campaign against child imprisonment led...
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Comment on damning new report on G4S-run Oakhill
The controversial security company G4S should be stripped of its contract to run Oakhill secure training centre, the Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Richard Garside, said today, following a...
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Comment on further arrests over child prison
Commenting on reports that five people have been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office at the G4S-run Medway Secure Training Centre, our...