Investigating child abuse in prisons
Article 39’s Director has an article published today, about investigating non-recent abuse in child prisons, on the Guardian Social Care’s site. Read the article.
Month: March 2017
MPs urged to challenge changes to secure accommodation
Article 39 continues to challenge changes pushed through House of Commons Committee stage, which will allow looked after children from England to be detained in secure accommodation in Scotland on welfare grounds. The changes to the Children Act 1989 were tabled by Children’s Minister Edward Timpson MP in December 2016, as amendments to the Children … Read more
CHILDREN’S LEGAL PROTECTION IS SAFE
Children and Young People Now magazine reported earlier today that it understands Ministers will back amendments to the Children and Social Work Bill, to delete the exemption clauses. This has now been confirmed: the Education Secretary Justice Greening has added her name to the Shadow Children’s Minister’s amendments to LEAVE OUT the exemption clauses (32-39). … Read more