27 July 2022

Young Justice Advisors: Learning from young adults, June 2022

Care system, Health, Lived experience, Race and ethnicity, Resettlement

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Collaborating with young adult men and women, both in prison and community settings, this Young Justice Advisors report  explores young adults’ experiences in the criminal justice and care system. It focuses on: Race, Mental Health, Life after Prison, and the Care System and engaged with 333 young adults. The overriding themes of the report are policy and practice solutions.

Publisher: Young Justice Advisors

practitioners, young adults
Effective practice guide: working with young adults
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January 2024
Integrated Planning and Assessment Manual

This manual details how practitioners from prison, probation and leaving care services can work together with young men in prison with care experience to integrate the support they receive.
Publisher: Innovation Unit

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January 2024
Supporting young adults with experience of care and custody – Handbook

Informed by the piloting of Always Hope in the West Midlands, this handbook aims to help staff in other regions implement the protocols and practices that can improve the support young adults with care experience receive in prison and on release.
Publisher: Innovation Unit

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