by diviadmin | Jul 18, 2017 | Youth Justice
On the 18th July 2017 the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke, published his annual report for the period 2016-17. Here’s what it said… Get the audio versions of my newer posts on ‘Jonny 24/7’ – here… This report makes grim...
by diviadmin | May 15, 2014 | Teens, Youth Justice
Gangs are a bit scary. Kids in gangs certainly don’t look like victims. In fact the word “gang” itself evokes images of violent young people, up to no good and creating victims of crime. We know there’s more to it than that. For instance gang...
by diviadmin | Feb 26, 2014 | Teens, Youth Justice
“It’s a thug’s life!” So said one of the lads I worked with in youth justice, when I asked about the violence he’d seen, suffered and taken part in. Gang membership was part of the problem. We spent the next two years working to help him...
by diviadmin | Oct 21, 2013 | Sexual Abuse, SHB/CSE
When I think of gangs, I tend to think about groups of kids who, in some cases, might be a risk to others. For the most part, I don’t connect gang membership itself as being risky to young people in the same gang. But, along with abuse from other gangs this is...