June 27, 2019

SCYJ call to end the use of pain-inducing techniques in the children’s secure estate

The SCYJ has held longstanding opposition, as a point of principle, to the deliberate infliction of pain on children as... Read the briefing here

February 3, 2017

SCYJ responds to Taylor Review & government response

The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ) has responded to Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system in England…

December 23, 2016

The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ) has written to the Justice Secretary, Elizabeth Truss, about Charlie Taylor’s review into…

May 10, 2016

SCYJ has submitted its response to Charlie Taylor’s interim report. We welcome the review and stress the need for an…