The first time L.J. was sent to the juvenile detention center outside of Philadelphia, he'd been caught hanging out with ...

Reformed offender mentors young people through sport after serving jail term - Chauncey Taylor became involved in criminal ...

Juvenile detention systems often deny young offenders credit for the time they spend waiting behind bars The first time L.J. was sent to the juvenile detention center outside of Philadelphia ...

An inspection report has criticised the care of children in young offender institutions [HM Chief Inspector of Prisons] Most children in young offender institutions (YOIs) spend "most of their ...

The findings: not all young offenders who have previously been detected by the police are equally affected by the experience in terms of their risk perception. Those with weak morals — i.e., ...

What is a Young Offenders Institute? Young Offender Institutions are prisons for 15-21 year olds. They are run by the Prison Service as part of the prison estate as a whole. There are three forms of ...

Pepper spray will now be used in young offender institutions - where the rate of assaults on staff is 14 times higher than in adult prisons. Specially trained prison officers in England will be ...

Dr Claire Achmad said government plans for a new Young Serious Offender category were not the answer to reducing youth crime, and would not build safer communities. Under the planned law ...

Prison officers in young offender institutions will start using pepper spray in a bid to combat soaring violence levels from inmates. Synthetic pepper spray will be introduced at young offender ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Prison officers in young offender institutions (YOIs) will start using synthetic pepper spray from this summer in a bid to combat rising ...