Young people have been drawn into the criminal justice system more than twice as quickly as adults over the past six years, the Institute for Public Policy Research revealed today.

The YJB has today issued rectification notices to STC Milton Keynes Ltd, the contractor appointed to operate Oakhill Secure Training Centre in Milton Keynes.

The YJB has published detailed national information gathered from YOTs and the secure estate during 2006/07.

Ellie Roy, Chief Executive, has announced her departure from the Youth Justice Board.

The Youth Justice Board has missed its target to cut youth custody numbers by 10% from 2005-8. Instead, numbers have risen by almost 10%.

The nomination period for the 2008 Justice Awards has now begun and will run until 4 August 2008.

The Youth Justice Board has closed England’s only open juvenile unit, at Thorn Cross prison in Cheshire, despite it being rated a beacon of good practice.

The YJB today welcomes the juvenile reoffending results published by the Ministry of Justice.

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act was today received Royal Assent.

Stephen Shaw, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, was impressed by a demonstration of eAsset while on a recent visit to Castington Young Offender Institution (YOI) in Northumberland.