From Criminal Justice to Social Justice: Rethinking approaches to young adults subject to criminal justice control

How can we reduce the harm to vulnerable young people caught up in the criminal justice system and avoid compounding their disadvantage and trauma? This report explains that those who…

Bridging the Gaps: New approaches to improving outcomes for care experienced young people given prison sentences

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T2A Chair Leroy Logan MBE responds to Alex Chalk’s recent statement

…compromises their ability to build stability in employment, accommodation and relationships, all of which are known to have a great impact on subsequent offending. The greatest impact will fall on…

Breaking through barriers: Supporting prison staff to communicate effectively with young adults

…transparency and openness in their communications with prison staff – with some reporting that actions were agreed but not then followed up. The YJA does recognise that huge pressures are…

I’m speaking the same language as them” – How Peer Mentoring Changes Lives

We spoke to Anthony Reid, Community Violence Mentor at St Giles Trust, about how his lived experience helps him mentor young people. Anthony is part of a team of mentors…

Devon and Cornwall Police – An Evidence-Based Approach to Diversion

…focus on the facts. Research shows that adults released from custodial sentences of less than 12 months have a reoffending rate of 57.5%1. Sarah adds: “We know formal processing is…

Building Trusting Relationships – The Key to Young Adult Resettlement

…service to feel distinct from probation, so there are no compulsory meetings or conditions. “The support we offer is really self-motivated. We’d never say, ‘You have to come here.’ We…

Helping Young Adults with Care Experience Thrive after Release

…what we were doing to support Tom.” It can be very daunting for a young adult who’s just been released to make these connections themselves. “When young adults first come…

T2A response to the Youth Custody Service consultation on the Policy Framework on Transition of young people from youth to adult custody, February 2019

Pathway Framework

…the courts, and probation practice, including community sentences and supervision post-custody. Take a look at T2A’s work in progress Developing the pathway framework Early on in the campaign T2A developed…

Neurodiverse young adults falling through the net – “A drastic cry for help”

…that he had received a prison sentence. Paul adds: “I’d never been in prison. I was put into this cell, and I didn’t know where we were. He [prison officer]…