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Information on custody and related issues

Use this page to access information on the various issues around children and young people in custody.

• Behaviour management
  Find out what is meant by the term 'behaviour management' and the issues surrounding it.

• Assessment
  Find out how and why children and young peple are assessed when they come into contact with the youth justice system, and how the information gathered is used.
  
• Placing children and young people in custody
  When a young person is sentenced or remanded to custody, it is the YJB's responsibility to find them a suitable place within the secure estate.
  
• Custody
  Find out more about what makes up the secure estate for children and young people, how it is run and the YJB's work within it:
  • the secure estate for children and young people
  • secure training centres (STCs)
  • young offender institutions (YOIs)
  • secure children's homes
  • advice for young people in custody
  • cell-sharing in YOIs
  • alternatives to custody.
    
• Monitoring and improving practice
  The YJB is responsible for monitoring the performance of the youth justice system. Find out how and why this is done.
  
• Secure Training Centre (STC) inspections
  The Commision for Social Care and Inspection (CSCI) undertakes annual inspections of all four STCs in England. Click to access their reports.
  
• Diversity
  Young people in the youth justice system must be treated equally and fairly.
  

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