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• Vulnerable children need care, not incarceration | Letter

  01-02-2022 18:55
  
  Lisa Harker from the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory says we need to rethink why young people are being deprived of their libertyInstead of counting empty beds (Millions wasted on empty secure children’s home beds in England and Wales, says Labour, 27 January), we need to be counting children and asking ourselves why we are depriving so many of our vulnerable young people of their liberty in the first place.While the number of children held in custody has indeed declined over the past
  
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• Domestic abuse: average of 669 child protection referrals a day last year

  01-02-2022 01:01
  
  Number of referrals to social services in England and Wales rises by 8% as NSPCC tells ministers to ensure victims get supportPolice made an average of 669 child protection referrals to social services every day last year because of incidents of domestic abuse across England and Wales, a new analysis has disclosed.The NSPCC has found that data from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) shows there were 244,197 referrals in 2020/21, an 8% increase
  
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