Outcomes for children in custody worse than a decade ago, says report

Conditions inside youth prisons have worsened and reoffending rates are higher The government has failed to capitalise on the "remarkable" fall in the number of children in youth custody, with outcomes for those sent to prison worse than a decade ago, a report has found. The research - carried out by the Crest Advisory thinktank and funded by the Hadley Trust, a social welfare charity - found that despite a 73% drop in the number of children in custody, conditions inside youth prisons were worse...