10 March 2015

Stolen Lives and Missed Opportunities: The deaths of young adults and children in prison

Prison, Young adults

Open report

What needs to happen to reduce the number of self-inflicted deaths by young people in custody? This report analyses deaths of young people in custody over the past three decades, drawing on evidence collated through specialist casework with bereaved families, and policy work. It argues for a fundamental rethink about the use of prison for children and young adults.

Publisher: Inquest

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
Reimagining justice for children and young adults