Children in prison

We investigate, campaign and report on harms done to children in prisons and state care.

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When the state says it’s all right to hurt a child

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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For Joshua, racism and austerity carved a channel from autism to prison

Written by: Amrit Wilson All articles by: Amrit Wilson
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15 things I’ve learned about child prisons since the death of Gareth Myatt

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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When children kill a child: the Bulger case and an Oscar-nominated film

Written by: Malcolm Stevens All articles by: Malcolm Stevens
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Two dead boys, UK state secrecy and the long fight for transparency on restraint

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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UK charity seeks funds to challenge use of painful restraints on children

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Children’s rights and the UK General Election 2017

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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England’s bonfire of children’s rights

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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How many children are sexually abused in prison?

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Five more arrests and another critical inspection report for G4S child prisons

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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When a children’s home is one more stop on the road to prison

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Children in trouble: punishment or welfare?

Written by: Malcolm Stevens All articles by: Malcolm Stevens
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A safe place for children? G4S pays for “independent” report on Rainsbrook prison

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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The sex abusers guarding Britain’s most vulnerable children

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Mothers and sons. On children who have died in UK prisons

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Prison, a treacherous place for a child

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Children suffer racist abuse and ‘degrading treatment’ by guards high on drugs at G4S Rainsbrook prison

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Rotherham’s sex abuse scandal reveals failure at the heart of government

Written by: Malcolm Stevens All articles by: Malcolm Stevens
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The Bulger case legacy: Institutional vengeance against children who kill?

Written by: Malcolm Stevens All articles by: Malcolm Stevens
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Many thousands of children stripped naked in custody. Ignites memories of being raped

Written by: Carolyne Willow All articles by: Carolyne Willow
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Criminalised, vulnerable, and likely to re-offend: Will this government help young offenders in England and Wales?

Written by: Malcolm Stevens All articles by: Malcolm Stevens

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