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March 31, 2020

New report on criminal exploitation of children in children's homes

Three-quarters of children’s homes in England are owned by private companies, who tend to locate them in disadvantaged areas where property is cheap.
July 30, 2019

El Salvador joins regional effort to address forced displacement in Central America

The UN Refugee Agency has welcomed El Salvador’s decision to join a regional initiative that aims to better address forced displacement in and from Central America, and to help those affected by it.
July 25, 2019

Extraordinary collapse in safety at Feltham Children's Unit, says Chief Inspector

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has called on the Secretary of State for Justice to intervene urgently in Feltham A Young Offender Institution after an inspection disclosed an “extraordinary” decline in safety, care and activity for the children held there.
April 21, 2019

Report finds HMYOI Cookham Wood making progress but needs to tackle culture of fighting

A culture had been established whereby there was an obligation on children to fight with children from a different postcode, gang or wing, inspector found.
March 22, 2019

HMP Onley a fundamentally unsafe prison, say inspectors

HMP Onley, a training prison in Warwickshire, was found by inspectors to be “fundamentally unsafe” with high levels of drugs and violence.
March 5, 2019

Local Government Association responds to report on child gangs

Government funding for Youth Offending Teams has been halved from £145 million in 2010/11 to £72 million in 2017/18.
March 2, 2019

Children's Commissioner publishes new study on gang membership

A new study from The Children’s Commissioner for England looks at children in England who are members of gangs and asks how they might be kept safe.
August 10, 2018

US Federal Court temporarily blocks deportation of mother and child fleeing domestic violence

A federal court has blocked the deportation of immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality
May 10, 2018

Met police using 'racially discriminatory' Gangs Matrix database

The Metropolitan Police Service’s ‘Gangs Matrix’ is the “wrong tool for the wrong problem” says Amnesty International.
October 5, 2012

Latin American churches support peace processes in El Salvador

The Latin American Council of Churches has expressed support for a peace process that has resulted in a truce between armed gangs in El Salvador.