The YJB has today acknowledged the report by the National Assembly for Wales's Communities and Culture Committee - Youth Justice: The Experience of Welsh Children in the Secure Estate.
Youth Justice Board chief executive John Drew said:
"The Youth Justice Board acknowledges the report by the National Assembly for Wales's Communities and Culture Committee and welcomes the focus it has put on the need to deliver high quality services to children and young people in custody and on community sentences. The Youth Justice Board will be looking closely at the ten recommendations that are addressed to it in the report.
Effective joint working between the Youth Justice Board and Welsh Assembly Government has already led to falling reoffending and first time entrants figures. The YJB is committed to building on this success."
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The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales. We work to prevent offending and reoffending by children and young people under the age of 18, and to ensure that custody for them is safe, secure, and addresses the causes of their offending behaviour.
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Specifically, we advise the Secretaries of State for Justice and for Children, Schools and Families on the operation of, and standards for, the youth justice system; monitor the performance of the youth justice system; purchase places for, and place, children and young people remanded or sentenced to custody; identify and promote effective practice; make grants to local authorities or other bodies to support the development of effective practice; commission research and publish information.
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