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• New T2A publication for Parliamentarians

  23rd July 2010

  The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance has produced a new 4-page summary of its work, entitled 'Why is the Criminal Justice System Failing Young Adults?'

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• New Justice Select Committee Inquiry to inlude focus on Young Adults

  20th July 2010

  The Transition to Adultdhood (T2A) Alliance today welcomed the announcement by the House of Commons Justice Select Committee of a new Inquiry on the Role of the Probation Service, which will include a specific look at young adults.

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• Launch of Transition to Adulthood guides

  17th June 2010

  Today, Revolving Doors Agency (RDA) is launching two guides which form part of their work with the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance.

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• Young Minds joins the T2A Alliance

  9th June 2010

  The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance is delighted to announce that Young Minds, the only national charity committed to improving the mental health and emotional well-being of all children and young people, has joined campaigning body convened by the Barrow Cadbury Trust.

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• Recent T2A Alliance publications added to the website

  13th April 2010

  A range of recent publications, published as part of the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance, have been added to the website. These include a series of reports by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. To view these publications, click on Publications & Reports (above)

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• Shadow Prisons Minister Alan Duncan visits T2A pilot project

  5th March 2010

  Shadow Prisons Minister Alan Duncan witnessed first hand the work of the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance with young adults in the criminal justice system on a visit to the T2A pilot project run by the St Giles Trust.

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• Tory MP backs call to overhaul justice for young adults - Children and Young People Now

  1st December 2009

  Proposals to overhaul the way the criminal justice system addresses problems of crime and re-offending among the young adult (18-24) age group have been backed by a senior Tory MP.

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• Short prison sentences for young 'should be axed' - Community Newswire

  27th November 2009

  All short-term prison sentences for young adults convicted of non-violent offences should be abolished, a charity has said. The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance made the call as it launched a report on young adults and the criminal justice system.

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• Launch of the T2A Alliance Young Adult Manifesto

  26th November 2009

  On the 25th November, the T2A Alliance launched its third report, the 'Young Adult Manifesto.'

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• MPs back call to scrap short prison terms for young adults - The Daily Telegraph

  25th November 2009

  Two thirds of MPs say short-term prison sentences should be abolished for young adult offenders, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

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• Youth Justice: T2A Alliance presents white paper to government - Community Care

  25th November 2009

  Short sentences, of less than six months, should be abolished for 18 to 24-year-old non-violent offenders according to a manifesto from charities and academics, launched today.

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• Young adult offenders let down after jail, say experts - BBC

  24th November 2009

  Young adult offenders need to be treated differently from older prisoners if the "cycle of re-offending" is to end, says a report from leading crime experts.

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• Standing on the cliff edge of criminalisation - Guardian Public

  24th November 2009

  The Young Adult Manifesto is a new initiative from the T2A Alliance which looks at strategic areas of intervention to prevent young adults ending up in jail.

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• Justice system 'is failing young' - Regeneration and Renewal

  23rd November 2009

  The criminal justice system is failing to support vulnerable 18- to 24-year-olds, according to a third sector coalition lobbying for prison reform.

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• Charity coalition urges review of prison sentences for young - Community Newswire

  13th August 2009

  A coalition of charities has called for a review of the use of prison sentences for young offenders aged 18 to 24, following a Government report warned that custody does not work to reduce reoffending.

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• Animal Magic - Society Guardian

  12th August 2009

  A young offender institution in Belfast has courted controversy with 'humanising' initiatives such as pet therapy - but drastic action was needed, discovers Mary O'Hara

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• Launch of the T2A Alliance report 'A New Start: Young Adults in the Criminal Justice System'

  14th July 2009

  On 13th July, the T2A Alliance published its ‘green paper’ report: ‘A New Start: Young Adults in the Criminal Justice System.’ The report contains 21 new and innovative proposals aimed at changing the way that Britain deals with the burgeoning problem of young adult crime.

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• The forgotten third - Progress Online

  14th July 2009

  Policy makers must deal with 18-24 year olds as a unique group with unique challenges. The present approach is simply not working

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• Young adults need tailored support from justice system - Children and Young People Now

  13th July 2009

  Young adults should be treated as a separate group in the criminal justice system, according to a report from the Transition to Adulthood Alliance (T2A).

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• Stop sending under 24s to adult prisons, campaigners urge - Community Newswire

  13th July 2009

  Criminals aged under 24 should not be sent to adult prisons, campaigners have urged today. The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance, a coalition of charities campaigning to change the treatment of young people in the criminal justice system, said sending young people to prison was like sending them to the "university of crime".

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• Offenders aged under 24 'shouldn't be sent to adult prisons' - 24dash.com

  13th July 2009

  Criminals aged under 24 should not be sent to adult prisons, campaigners have urged today. The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance, a coalition of charities campaigning to change the treatment of young people in the criminal justice system, said sending young people to prison was like sending them to the "university of crime".

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• Routes out of crime for young adults - Guardian Letters

  13th July 2009

  Today the T2A Alliance is launching a major new report which recommends measures to improve the way we deal with young adults in conflict with the law.

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• Coalition wants social work support for young adult offenders - Community Care

  13th July 2009

  Transition to Adulthood Alliance urges overhaul of support for 18- to 24-year-olds in criminal justice system.

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• Young adults from different backgrounds need more support - Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy

  13th July 2009

  The T2A Alliance has announced its proposals in a major new report which recommends measures to improve the way we deal with young adults in conflict with the law. The 21 proposals which they have issued, includes policies such as offering better prevention, more creative community sentences and more constructive help within prison and after release. They say if new measures are not introdu

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• ‘Lock ’em up’ approach to low-level offenders must change - The Times

  10th July 2009

  Of the people sent to overcrowded prisons by British courts, two thirds are given a sentence of less than 12 months, taking valuable resources away from serious offenders from whom the public need protecting.

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• Too young to be a criminal

  5th February 2009

  In the UK, our age of criminal responsibility is set too low, rendering it meaningless and inhumane.

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• Generation Crunch need more than just McJobs

  16th January 2009

  The new apprenticeship scheme is welcome, but strict steps must be taken to ensure it is not just employers who benefit.

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• College boom 'dividing Britain's youth'

  21st December 2008

  A gulf has opened between graduates who can survive in a shrinking jobs market and less privileged teenagers left to drift into crime, research shows.

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