“Juveniles involved in last week’s riots and looting face being named and shamed after the Home Secretary said the courts should not protect their identity.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prison numbers and crime rates will rise as a result of government attempts to curb youth crime, according to Napo, the union representing Britain’s probation workers.Napo claims late amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and the Punishment of Offenders bill, introduced in response to coalition concerns that it was seen to be going ‘soft on crime’, will backfire. The bill proposes a 10-fold increase in the fine for an individual who breaches a youth rehabilitation order, from the current £250 to £2,500.”
The Observer, 7th August 2011
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“Shielded from the flashing cameras by a pair of sunglasses and clutching a book entitled Free radicals: The secret anarchy of science, the alleged LulzSec hacker Jake Davis left court yesterday morning after a judge granted him bail.”
The Independent, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Joshua Davies, 16, can be named for the first time today after being found guilty of murder by a jury at Swansea Crown Court. He lured Rebecca Aylward, 15, to a secluded wood and then used a rock the size of a rugby ball to smash her skull with at least six brutal blows to the back of the head.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A public consultation on the future shape of the youth secure estate was launched today by the Ministry of Justice and the Youth Justice Board.”
Ministry of Justice, 19th July 2011
Source; www.justice.gov.uk
“The death of the seventh teenager in custody this year has triggered calls for an independent inquiry into the imprisonment of young people which campaigners say needs a ‘complete overhaul’.”
The Independent, 9th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A student has been sentenced to 12 months in a young offender institution after throwing placard sticks at police during anti-cuts demonstrations in March.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A key teenage witness in a murder trial went online within minutes of giving evidence to mock the defendant, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two girls who were known as the ‘Whitebirk witches’ have been given anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) for terrorising their neighbours.”
BBC News, 29th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“One in six young offenders are back behind bars within a month, according to the chief inspector of prisons.”
BBC News, 21st June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenage burglar who boasted on Facebook that he would serve only six months for a raid on a pensioner’s home was sentenced to more than two years after his remarks were brought to the judge’s attention.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A teenager who stole a meerkat from a Kent wildlife park to take home as a pet after watching an insurance advert has been given a suspended jail term.”
BBC News, 3rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A quarter of the 1,600 children held in young offenders’ institutions in England and Wales have been in care, a report by prison inspectors has found.”
BBC News, 26th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A hitman who was 15 years old when he murdered a woman in east London for £200 has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 24th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five teenagers have been found guilty of chasing down and killing a schoolboy at Victoria underground station in an attack organised on Facebook.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who threw a holidaymaker off a pier at Ilfracombe, Devon, has been given four years in a young offenders’ institution.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A damning report warning of the dangers of restraint techniques used on children in custody will be made public for the first time this week, after what campaigners say has been a cover-up by the Government.”
The Independent, 8th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Campaigners have voiced mounting concern over the recent deaths of five teenagers in five jails across England in just five weeks. In the latest case, Ryan Clark, aged 17, was found hanging in his cell at Wetherby young offenders’ institution, near Leeds, while on remand on 18 April. He was the first person under the age of 18 to die in prison custody for more than three and a half years.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Juveniles in private prisons are at risk of serious injury or death through the use of illegal restraints, according to research by the penal reform charity the Howard League.”
The Independent, 25th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has been defeated in a vote in the House of Lords over plans to abolish the Youth Justice Board.”
BBC News, 28th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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