Members of the committee were told during a visit to Parc Prison, Bridgend, that 70% of the
young offenders housed there were from England.
The project's staff will meet with
young offenders to determine whether the diversion project is suitable for them.
A spokesperson for the force said: "The death is not being treated as suspicious and an in-quest is due to open in due course." Deerbolt is a category C
young offenders' prison that holds around 500 young men between 18 and 21.
how could we do this better?" Ministers announced a consultation on plans to boost education for
young offenders in February, amid concerns that high numbers have been expelled from school and have low literacy levels.
Social worker posts in
young offender institutions were introduced in 2005.
A new aspect of reparations work is the Making Good scheme, which invites members of the public and community groups to suggest community reparation activities that
young offenders could undertake.
Subject: re: Is Canada's
young offender legislation working?
Finland is reportedly considering house arrest as a fast form of punishment for
young offenders, as police would be able to enforce the arrest quickly after an offence was committed.
Today's
young offenders are often immature and impulsive.
Sentencing circles could alleviate some of the estrangement Native youth feel from the mainstream justice system, says a member of a federal group gathering information for a revised
Young Offenders Act.
Young offender at work on a cycle restoration project Clearing undergrowth as part of reparation work