Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 20
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While some transition planning may take place before a young person leaves the youth estate,...
Recommendation
While some transition planning may take place before a young person leaves the youth estate, we are not convinced that the adult estate is sufficiently equipped to support all those who make that move. We recommend that the Ministry of Justice mandate appropriate transition planning in the over-18 estate for those coming from youth estate to ensure that those who do so do not find themselves on a ‘cliff edge’. We recommend that the Ministry of Justice set out when the ‘transition from youth to adult custody’ policy framework will be published and how it will be implemented across the youth and the adult estates. The Ministry should also update us on the practical steps being taken in the interim to ensure that those young people who do make that transition receive the support they need and avoid any drop-off in service provision and support. (Paragraph 134) Children and Young People in Custody (part 2): The Youth Secure Estate and Resettlement 45
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The YCS are producing a ‘Transitions of young people from youth to adult custody’ Policy Framework’. The framework will set out the key principles for safe and successful early pre-transitions planning, transitions preparation and engagement with the receiving prison and active support during and post-transition. We aim to publish the Framework later this year along with the details of how the requirements will be rolled out across the children and young people secure estate and the young adult/adult prison estate. Supporting this work, HMPPS are currently working in collaboration with the YCS to improve the transition process from youth to adult custody, this includes the ongoing pilot transitioning young adults from Wetherby YOI to HMYOI Deerbolt to improve the transitions pathway. The vision is to agree a national transitions process that can be operated consistently across the estate, with a central management body responsible for oversight of all transition’s arrangements based on individual need. In the interim, the YCS have implemented a central oversight and assurance model to ensure the youth secure estate are carefully planning transitions and that young adults are informed and supported in these plans.