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The beginning of the year is often a good time to reflect on the past and to focus on what is to come. I often ponder on resettlement histrionics and the barriers that seem to hamper any real progress in improving post-custodial outcomes for young people. Up to and including the 1990's, local view...

We are fast heading towards the close of 2011. The years seem to pass at an incredible pace these days!! Despite the fact that we are living in increasingly austere times, I belive that 2012 is looking promising for the development of resettlement practice, not least because the YJB will still be view...

There are many who argue that resettlement is an incredibly complex business. Whilst I do understand the complexity of the disadvantages that exist for young custody leavers returning to the community, I don't think it's half as complex to fix as some make out. The imperatives are easily view...

For a young person to qualify for a place in one of the Prison Service's under-18 custodial establishments, they will probably have experienced some pretty negative and challenging events in their lives. The universal qualification shared by all young people in custody is simply this: Sufficient view...

We've just experienced over a decade of youth justice reforms involving a unprecedented public spend of over £2.5 billion to try and bring innovation and change to young people's experience of the youth justice system. Although at least 75% of the youth justice budget (£300m / year) has view...

As a result of the Curtis Report (1946), commissioned by the government because of public outrage at the ill-treatment of children in the care of the State, the Children Act (1948) was enacted. The duties and responsibilities of local authorities towards children and young people have been view...

At Resettlement UK we know that there are many young people in Prison Service custody, who, on their day of release, return to wholly unsatisfactory conditions that do little to help them get back on track. Desperately in need of specialist support services, they have little hope of walking away view...

Today is Monday the 19th April 2010 and I'm currently busy preparing for the rather 'quiet' launch of Resettlement UK on Wednesday 21st April at the NACRO Youth Justice Conference in Nottingham. Thankfully it's not an international event relying on people flying in from Europe! Rather ironically, view...