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Published in: Shine A LightWhen the state says it’s all right to hurt a childUK government policy allows adults to deliberately inflict pain on a child in certain circumstances. For Adam...
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Published in: Shine A LightFor Joshua, racism and austerity carved a channel from autism to prisonA young black child’s experience reflects Britain’s reckless betrayal of children.
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Published in: Shine A Light15 things I’ve learned about child prisons since the death of Gareth MyattGareth Myatt died 15 years ago today after being restrained by G4S prison guards. Carolyne Willow shares some of...
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen children kill a child: the Bulger case and an Oscar-nominated filmRage, grief, disgust followed news of Detainment’s Oscar nomination. UK government adviser Malcolm Stevens knew the...
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Published in: Shine A LightTwo dead boys, UK state secrecy and the long fight for transparency on restraintAn official manual governs the use of restraint on children in custody. It was published with 182 redactions....
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Published in: Shine A LightUK charity seeks funds to challenge use of painful restraints on childrenHow can it be wrong to hurt vulnerable children inside a secure children’s home, but all right to inflict pain in transit?
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Published in: Shine A LightChildren’s rights and the UK General Election 2017A leading advocate calls for an Act of Parliament to enshrine children’s rights in law.
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Published in: Shine A LightEngland’s bonfire of children’s rightsA new bill threatens decades of carefully drafted laws designed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in care.
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Published in: Shine A LightHow many children are sexually abused in prison?In England nobody is counting. How official secrecy and obfuscation on sexual abuse, restraint and injury put...
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Published in: Shine A LightFive more arrests and another critical inspection report for G4S child prisonsChildren tell inspectors of being verbally, physically and sexually abused. See also How many children are sexually...
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen a children’s home is one more stop on the road to prisonNew research adds to weight of evidence in the UK that looked after children are being criminalised.
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Published in: Shine A LightChildren in trouble: punishment or welfare?BBC Panorama exposed abuse at Medway Secure Training Centre — and a government policy that has gone off the rails.
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Published in: Shine A LightA safe place for children? G4S pays for “independent” report on Rainsbrook prisonThe world's largest security company shows how to undermine a rigorous and shocking account of racism and degrading...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe sex abusers guarding Britain’s most vulnerable children“They look at you like you’re a dog, making you strip is bang out of order.” The final shocking extract from...
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Published in: Shine A LightMothers and sons. On children who have died in UK prisonsJoseph Scholes and Adam Rickwood died within weeks of being placed in penal institutions. Carolyne Willow met the...
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Published in: Shine A LightPrison, a treacherous place for a childThirty-three children have died in English child prisons since 1990. A powerful new book exposes how Britain’s most...
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Published in: Shine A LightChildren suffer racist abuse and ‘degrading treatment’ by guards high on drugs at G4S Rainsbrook prisonG4S appoints “new leadership” at Rainsbrook: the man in charge when Gareth Myatt, 15, was restrained to death, the...
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Published in: Shine A LightRotherham’s sex abuse scandal reveals failure at the heart of governmentA report by Prof Alexis Jay has exposed shocking abuse and exploitation of 1,400 children as young as 11, over 16...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe Bulger case legacy: Institutional vengeance against children who kill?A former British Government senior adviser reflects on the treatment meted out to the boys who killed James Bulger.
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Published in: Shine A LightMany thousands of children stripped naked in custody. Ignites memories of being raped
• Children routinely strip-searched in England & Wales child prisons and secure children’s homes despite government...
