ICPR – Young people with convictions as volunteers: guidance for resettlement organisations

How can barriers to volunteering be overcome? This guidance is designed to help resettlement organisations promote volunteering as a positive choice for young people with offending histories. It includes details…

ICPR – Young people with convictions as volunteers: guidance for resettlement organisations 

How can barriers to volunteering be overcome? This guidance is designed to help resettlement organisations promote volunteering as a positive choice for young people with offending histories. It includes details…

Sentencing Principles for Young Adults

This document sets out the principles that ought to be applied to young adults, typically aged 18 to 25, sentenced for any offence, in line with developments in case law,…

Young Adults in Transition: The local picture in national context

How does where young adults live influence their opportunities to lead a productive life outside the criminal justice system? With reference to census data, as well as housing equity, and…

New Generation: Preventing young adults being caught in the revolving door

How can we intervene earlier and stabilise the bridge to adulthood to cut crime and reduce demand on police, courts, probation, prisons and other local services? This report describes how…

A fresh start – Top tips for telling an employer about your criminal record

…clarifies the types of checks that can take place, and how to talk to an employer or potential employer, and anticipate and address their concerns. Publisher: Business in the Community…

How can neurodiverse children and young people be prepared for the transition to the adult estate?

…times more likely to commit a violent offence than people without a diagnosis, this risk is significantly lower than that associated with alcohol or drug abuse. Neurodivergence is often under-recognised….

You Can’t Put a Number On It: A report from young adults on why in criminal justice maturity is more important than age

How can awareness be developed among CJ professionals of the resilience and maturity of young adults they work with so that the right support can be provided? This report captures…

What does research tell us about young adults from ethnic minorities in the justice system?

…from GRT communities were more likely than other female prisoners to have complex needs, to experience bullying/victimisation from other prisoners and were more likely to report feeling unsafe.8 What can…

Your Guide to the Male Estate

This guide provides boys and young men moving into the adult male prison estate for the first time with advice, information and support. Publisher: Young Justice Advisors…

Memorandum for Home Affairs Committee Inquiry on Drugs March 2022

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…conversations. Community Hearings will be held to produce communal testimony and facilitate healing spaces where harm to be acknowledged. 3. Community Casework Data analysis will be conducted, each month the…