‘More than half of the inmates held in prisons for young people in England and Wales are from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background, the highest proportion on record, the prisons watchdog has said, prompting warnings that youth jails have hit “American” levels of disproportionality.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2019
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‘A teenage childcare student has been jailed for sexually abusing two children and taking photographs of them for a man she met online.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2019
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‘A review into the alleged abuse of children by staff at a children’s prison has found that a series of failings led to an “erratic and ineffective” monitoring of investigations into the claims.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2019
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‘Video footage of a fingerprint helped convict a teenage boy of the “inexplicably” violent murder of a 14-year-old in what is believed to be a legal first.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2018
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‘A Metropolitan police driver is under criminal investigation after using a special tactic to deliberately knock a fleeing suspect off a moped, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2018
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‘A teenager has been jailed for supplying the MDMA that killed two of his friends.’
BBC News, 29th November 2018
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‘A baby-faced teenage criminal who terrorised a local community and bragged about his joyriding lifestyle by posing in a Rolls Royce has finally been sent to prison after 47 convictions for 77 crimes.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2018
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‘Families and young children looked on in horror as teenagers lashed out at each other with blades including a machete and a large serrated hunting knife at a busy shopping mall, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st september 2018
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‘Arrests of children have plummeted by more than two-thirds across England and Wales since 2010 as police work to put fewer young people behind bars, research has found.’
The Independent, 10th September 2018
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‘A 15-year-old boy has been fined £500 for punching and kicking a “much-loved” pet dog to death.’
BBC News, 22nd August 2018
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‘An 18-year-old who became one of the youngest women to be convicted of terrorism offences in the UK has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 13 years.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2018
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‘Five 15-year-old boys who “tortured” a teenager to death in an alleyway behind his home in a gang murder can be named for the first time after they were handed life sentences. Kai Fisher-Dixon, Shuayb Mahomud, Tremayne Gray, Omarion Stephens and Abdulqaliq Mohamed stabbed Jacob Abraham, also 15, eight times in the legs and once in the arm.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2018
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‘Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist, who was jailed for his part in a plot to behead police officers in Australia when he was 14 years old, is seeking to keep his identity secret by asking the courts for lifelong anonymity.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2018
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‘An ex-public schoolboy who threw fire bombs from a motorway bridge in the hope of killing drivers has been jailed for four and a half years.’
BBC News, 12th July 2018
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‘At least 40 children have been held in solitary confinement in young offenders institutions in the past year, the Victoria Derbyshire show has been told.’
BBC News, 18th June 2018
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‘Five teenagers who murdered a 17-year-old found dying in a friend’s front garden have been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th June 2018
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‘Five gang members who made “drill” music videos glorifying violence have been sentenced after being caught with machetes and baseball bats.’
BBC News, 11th June 2018
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‘The Ministry of Justice is launching a review of the use of pain-inducing restraint across all child prisons and escorting procedures after a children’s charity threatened legal action.’
The Guardian, 7th June 2018
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‘Britain’s biggest police force is to begin deferring prosecutions for minor offences in an attempt to reduce youth crime and lessen racial bias in the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2018
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