Guidance and regulation

Feltham A is a young offender institution (YOI) for boys aged 15 to 18 and Feltham B is a Category C prison and YOI in London for men aged over 18.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 2 others
• Updated: 21 June 2022

Styal is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Wilmslow, Cheshire, for women aged 18 and over.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Wetherby is a young offender institution (YOI) in Yorkshire for children and young people aged 15 to 18.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 14 March 2024

New Hall is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Flockton, West Yorkshire, for women aged 18 and over.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Downview is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Sutton, Surrey, for women aged 18 and over.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 15 February 2024

Cookham Wood is a young offender institution (YOI) in Rochester, Kent, for boys and young men aged 15 to 18.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 14 March 2023

Low Newton is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Brasside, near Durham, for women aged 18 and over.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 1 April 2022

Werrington is a young offender institution (YOI) in Staffordshire for young people aged 15 to 18.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service and 1 others
• Updated: 14 February 2024

These standards define the minimum expectation for all agencies that provide statutory services to ensure good outcomes for children in the youth justice system.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 25 February 2019

How to contact the Youth Custody Service Placement Team about a child or young person in, or sentenced to, custody

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service
• Updated: 1 September 2017

How the Youth Custody Service places a young person in custody, and how to question a placement decision.

• From: HM Prison and Probation Service
• Updated: 21 August 2023

Contact details for youth justice services in Yorkshire and Humberside.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 18 March 2024

Contact details for youth justice services in the East of England.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 8 January 2024

Contact details for youth justice services in the North East of England and Cumbria.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 19 December 2023

From 1 April 2023 youth justice services will report on 10 new key performance indicators (KPIs) as part of improved monitoring by the Youth Justice Board (YJB)

• From: Ministry of Justice and 1 others
• Updated: 22 November 2023

Contact details for youth justice services in the South West of England.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 1 December 2023

Joint National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) and Youth Justice Board (YJB) guidance on the role of a YOT/YJS Police Officer.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 8 December 2023

A resource to help local partnerships work together to support vulnerable children and young people and stop them offending and re-offending.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 14 August 2019

Guidance on submitting applications to fly drones within Restricted Airspace at Prisons and Young Offender Institutions, effective from 25 January 2024.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 23 January 2024

A mandatory system of notifications for youth justice services (YJSs) to report against six categories of incident.

• From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Updated: 29 March 2022