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Children and Young People in Custody 2009-2010
Year of publication: 2010Author: Cripps, Hayley
Publisher: HM Inspectorate of Prisons / Youth Justice Board
Summary: An analysis of the experiences of 15-18 year olds in prison shows an increase in access to a peer mentor with 23% of young men (compared with 13%) and 33% of young women (compared with 12%) saying they have access to a peer mentor, Listener or the Samaritans. 15% stated that having a mentor would be the thing most likely to stop them offending in the future (this compares to 10% in last year’s survey). The most popular answer was getting a job at 61%.
Link to document: http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/docs/Children_report_2010_rps.pdf
