Young People with traumatic brain injury in custody

…managing unmet health needs can inform support plans, help to address offending behaviour and provide opportunities to help young adults engage with health and educational services. Publisher: The Disabilities Trust…

A New Start: Young adults in the criminal justice system – Executive summary

…custodial sentences with community sentences, and for young adults in custody to be separate from adult prisoners and for court-decision making to consider maturity when holding young adults to account….

T2A response to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry into community sentences June 2023

Young Justice Advisors Impact report: 2016 – 2024

This report highlights the strengths, impact and legacy of the Young Justice Advisors project. Publisher: Young Justice Advisors…

T2A memorandum to Justice Select Committee inquiry on future prison population and estate capacity October 2023

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

…It is also compounded by discrimination over more than one characteristic, such as race, gender, age or income for example. Discrimination takes many forms including violent hate crime, deliberate and…

Taking account of maturity – A guide for probation Practitioners

Institute of Applied Social Studies (IASS) at University of Birmingham…

Same Old … The experiences of young offenders with mental health needs

What support is available for young people with mental health problems? This report includes interviews with young adults and explains that the way mental health services are commissioned and configured…

T2A response to Justice Select Committee’s inquiry on Prison Governance, May 2019

What’s The Risk? Employing young adults with criminal convictions

How can we address concerns of employers when it comes to employing young adults with unspent criminal convictions? This scoping exercise explores employer perceptions and recommends sharing risks with voluntary…

Repairing Shattered Lives: Brain injury and its implications for criminal justice

What are the links between brain injury and offending? This report provides an overview of developments in understanding of traumatic brain injury in relation to crime, with a particular focus…

Sentencing Young Adults – making the case for sentencing principles for young adults

…impact on the life chances of young adults. It argues that sentencing principles should explore the relationship between immaturity and blameworthiness, capacity to change, the impact of race, and care…