The Government’s Green Paper, ‘SEND Review: Right support, Right place, Right time’, rightly acknowledges the stark figures of how many children with overlapping and complex education, health and social care needs are in contact with the youth justice system in England Wales. Recent Government statistics reveal that 80% of cautioned or sentenced children had received a diagnosis of some level of Special Educational Need. This briefing brings attention to the damaging impact that this interaction with the justice system has on these children’s lives, and provides some practical ideas about what can be done to address this harm.
