Scottish Government is consulting on the future of secure care. To help organisations and individuals who may want to respond, Together members Clan Childlaw and CYCJ have published resources providing guidance. 

To allow others to draw from their professional expertise, CYCJ has published a summary of its own response to the consultation, while Clan Childlaw has provided a briefing on the future of secure care.
 

Ahead of the submission deadline of April 16, we have created this short summary of our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future of secure care. Scotland has made great progress in creating a more rights respecting approach to children in conflict with the law. But we know that there are still children being detained in secure care who could be better supported in other environments, and some who are being detained for longer than is necessary. – CYCJ  

Read CYCJ’s summarised response to the future of secure care consultation. If you have any thoughts or questions on it contact: allan.young@strath.ac.uk. 

The use of restraint and seclusion in secure care settings is one of the substantive issues we are considering as part of the Rights Empowered: Children’s Access to Justice Project. Our strong view is that there should be a UNCRC compliant framework for all children housed in secure care. In recent months, we have prepared an evidence base to inform the strategic steps we are taking on this issue. The purpose of this briefing is to share some of this evidence base, as well as Clan’s unique practice-based experience, to meaningfully drive forward rights-based legislation and practice for the Future of Secure Care. – Clan Childlaw 

Read Clan Childlaw’s briefing on the future of secure care. For any questions and further information on this briefing please contact: RightsEmpowered@ClanChildlaw.org 

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