Increase in youth custody

Title

Increase in youth custody

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

6 Jul 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:47

Description

Brian Ging reports on the large increase in the number of teenage boys being held in prison. Vivien Stern of NACRO says it’s difficult to explain why regimes should suddenly harshen towards the young. London’s chief probation officer, John Harding, thinks there are concrete legal measures which could be put in place. Levels of depression and rates of suicide among young people on remand are alarming. The government’s top inspector of prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim also speaks on the issue.

Contributors

Vivien Stern; Brian Ging; Stephen Tumim; John Harding

Keywords

Prisons; NACRO; Prison reform; Penal sanctions; Imprisonment; Youth; Prisoners; Feltham Remand Centre

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