Lost in Transition: A report of the Barrow Cadbury Commission on young adults and the criminal justice system

9 November 2005

Lost in Transition: A report of the Barrow Cadbury Commission on young adults and the criminal justice system

Maturity, Young adults

Open report

How can public services help young people – particularly those in trouble – make the transition to adulthood? This report from the Commission on Young Adults and the Criminal Justice System emphasises the impact of imprisonment on young people’s life chances and the shortcomings of a criminal justice system that sees nearly three quarters of 18-20-year-olds re-convicted after release from the prison system.

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