Lessons from Beyond Youth Custody
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“People don’t appreciate how much it can feel like you are being set up to fail”
In January 2015, the number of children in custody was 981. The first time on record the population has fallen below 1,000. Numbers have been falling steadily over the past decade, which is welcome, but it poses new and significant challenges for services.
Those sentenced to custody are more likely to display an entrenched pattern of offending behaviour. They’re more likely to have committed serious offences and ...
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