Young Adult Manifesto

9 May 2009

Young Adult Manifesto

Young adults

Open report

Can we do more to support vulnerable young adults in the criminal justice system? This manifesto lays out the arguments for why young adults should be regarded as a distinct group, and advocates for less use of custody and more joined up resettlement plans for education and housing.

Publisher: T2A

prison, young adults

Raise the Bars: Co-producing practice guidance with Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller people

This Friends, Families and Travellers report summarises focus groups with 57 Romany, Gypsy and Irish Traveller young adults across 20 prisons, with recommendations for reform based on their experiences.

Criminal Justice, young adults

Behind the decline

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at the shrinking young adult population within the criminal justice system who are experiencing increasingly harsher treatment.

May 2026