Some young offenders deliberately behave badly in secure accommodation in order to be transferred to prison where there is ...

Girls will no longer be sent to young offender institutions with immediate effect, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Sir Nic Dakin, the justice minister, said on Tuesday that the Government was ...

Locking children in custody must never be a "waiting room" for those whose real needs are care, housing, or mental health support, England’s Children’s Commissioner has warned. Despite government ...

A young offender institution where a vulnerable girl twice had her clothes removed under restraint by an all-male team of prison officers has been criticised for the "slow" pace of improvements being ...

The Scottish Prison Service has apologised to the families of a woman and teenage boy who took their own lives at a young ...

As of 2004, there were at least 2,225 youth offenders serving life without parole in U.S prisons. 45 Because of the absence of any national database tracking the sentencing of youth to life without ...