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'Art is the best route to recovery', says former prisoner with royal award
16 April 2013
From the Guardian... Steven Ellis, whose peer-mentoring support for prisoners with drug problems was commended by the Butler Trust, is an example of how intervention can break the cycle of reoffending
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Everyone For Themselves!
Source: The Backstop Blog
16 April 2013
A Probation officer looks at how Probation Trusts are responding to Grayling's proposed reforms Read more...
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HMP/YOI Moorland - some progress, despite challenges, but much more to do
Source: The Backstop Blog
16 April 2013
Report on HMP/YOI Moorland Read more...
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New guidelines could reduce wrongful convictions under 'joint enterprise' law
Source: The Backstop Blog
7 March 2013
From The Guardian... Long-awaited guidance for the crown prosecution service on a law used to fight gang violence could help prevent miscarriages of justice Read more...
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CUTTING YOUTH CRIME THROUGH BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS
Source: The Backstop Blog
7 March 2013
In an advertorial (guess what he is trying to sell) Phil Neal explains why better information sharing in the youth justice process is essential to ensuring youth offending rates continue to fall. Read more...
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Are We Too Quick to Claim Credit for Falling Juvenile Incarceration Rates?
Source: The Backstop Blog
7 March 2013
Listen up YJB and MOJ!! ....." As we celebrate falling incarceration numbers, those of us who work in juvenile justice should take a few moments to contemplate the true origins of the decline" Read more...
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YOIs miss suicide warning signs, finds ombudsman
Source: The Backstop Blog
6 March 2013
From CYP now.... Read more...
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- Where Did It All Go Wrong?