The Charlie Taylor Review of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales

Future plans will be developed across government – The Charlie Taylor review suggests to

• Enhance the multi-agency approach with health and education,
• Offer greater flexibility in the delivery of youth offending services
• Devolve the budget and commissioning responsibility for youth custody
• More effectively use diversionary interventions
• Improving the treatment of children in police custody
• Reducing the criminalisation of looked after children
• Reform the criminal records system for children
• Allow the courts to take a stronger role in rehabilitating children
• Introduce A new system of Children’s Panels
• Reduce the use of secure remand
• Reconceive youth prisons as schools
• Improve resettlement

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