A report examined the risks and benefits of devolving youth justice to the Welsh Assembly Government. There was a broad consensus supporting the principle of devolving youth justice: but there were many issues regarding resources and finance that needed to be looked at in detail.
Source: Rod Morgan, Report to the Welsh Assembly Government on the Question of Devolution of Youth Justice Responsibilities, Welsh Assembly Government
Links: Report | WAG press release
Date: 2010-Sep
The government responded to a report by a committee of MPs on Welsh prisoners in the prison estate. It acknowledged that there was a need for additional prison places in Wales.
Source: Welsh Prisoners in the Prison Estate: Follow-Up – Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report, First Special Report (Session 2010-11), HC 398, House of Commons Welsh Affairs Select Committee/TSO
Links: Response | MPs report
Date: 2010-Jul
An article examined the youth justice services in Wales in the context both of devolution and the wider social policy agenda of successive Welsh Assembly Governments.
Source: Mark Drakeford, 'Devolution and youth justice in Wales', Criminology and Criminal Justice, Volume 10 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2010-May
The Welsh Assembly Government published an integrated strategy and implementation plan designed to address all forms of violence against women in Wales that extended beyond domestic abuse – including issues such as honour based violence, female genital mutilation, and forced marriage.
Source: The Right to be Safe, Welsh Assembly Government | The Violence Against Women and Domestic Abuse Implementation Plan 2010-13, Welsh Assembly Government
Links: Strategy | Implementation plan | WAG press release | Womensgrid report
Date: 2010-Mar
A report by a committee of MPs said that there was a 'pressing need' for more prison places in Wales. There were only four prisons in Wales, all of which were in south Wales. There was little provision for juvenile and young offenders, and there were no prisons at all for women.
Source: Welsh Prisoners in the Prison Estate: Follow-Up, Ninth Report (Session 2009-10), HC 143, House of Commons Welsh Affairs Select Committee/TSO
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Mar
A report by a committee of the National Assembly for Wales identified problems in the delivery of the Welsh Assembly Government's policies in relation to children and young people in the secure estate. It recommended that the Welsh Assembly Government should consider seeking to have devolved responsibility for the juvenile secure estate.
Source: Youth Justice: The Experience of Welsh Children in the Secure Estate, Communities and Culture Committee/National Assembly for Wales
Links: Report | YJB press release | BBC report
Date: 2010-Feb
