Criminal Care?
Our blog on ending the criminalisation of children in residential care
Updates, reflections and young people’s voices.
This blog provides a deeper insight into the issues uncovered in our programme to end the criminalisation of children in residential care. It includes contributions from young people who have lived in children’s homes, as well as analysis by researchers.
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Know your numbers – using data to monitor and address criminalisation
Claire Sands blogs about our latest briefing and shares some good news Read more
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Privatising children’s social care
Journalist and foster carer Martin Barrow considers the rise and rise of CareTech Read more
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Private profit from children’s services
Claire Sands looks at profiteering in children's residential care Read more
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Howard League responds to Parliamentary inquiry into out-of-area placements
Claire Sands blogs on an APPG inquiry into the risks facing children in out-of-area placements. Read more
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Howard League in the news
Andrew Neilson discusses recent media coverage Read more
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Care-experienced young people’s interactions with the police
Sam Turner from Become pens a guest post Read more
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Addressing the welfare needs of children living in residential care in the youth court
A guest post from a magistrate Read more
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Care and Justice – Irish research
Nicola Carr and Paula Mayock on their research for the Irish Penal Reform Trust Read more
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Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody
Jo Staines introduces a new research study Read more
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All you need is love and a village?
Kieran Breen of Leicestershire Cares calls for a root and branch review of the care system Read more
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