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This policy framework sets out rules and guidance on the use of approved restraint techniques and restrictive physical interventions for staff at secure settings and escort providers in the Youth Custody Service (YCS).
This policy framework sets out statutory safeguarding duties for secure settings and escort providers in the Youth Custody Service (YCS).
Make a complaint about HM Prison and Probation Service
Frontline officers and young people in custody will be better protected under plans to equip specially selected and trained staff with synthetic pepper spray, the Government has announced today (24 April).
The Youth Custody Service aims to create a safe, decent and nurturing environment that provides outstanding levels of care and support for children in custody.
Young offenders from HMYOI Cookham Wood will be transferred and the site repurposed as an adult prison under plans announced by the Ministry of Justice today (21 March 2024).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
In a major speech at HMP Five Wells, the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP set out measures to protect the public by preventing prisons from running out of places.
If you have a loved one in prison, you can use these links for services available and for information about visiting prisons.
A summary report of the work establishing the Independent Restraint Review Panel (IRRP), produced by Colin Allars, Independent Chair of the IRRP.
How youth justice practitioners should report serious incidents involving children.
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