RT Article
T1 Unmasked and Exposed: the Impact of COVID-19 on the Youth Custodial Estate : A Compelling Case for Ideological Change
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 6
SP 1328
OP 1346
A1 Smithson, Hannah
A1 Jump, Deborah
A2 Jump, Deborah
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1914459199
AB The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on custodial institutions has been the subject of intense scrutiny. During the pandemic, many international jurisdictions failed to develop clear and child-focussed plans for the management of children in custody, instead relying on strategies developed for adult populations. Presenting the findings from the United Kingdom’s (England Wales) first empirical in-depth exploration of the impacts of COVID-19 on children at each stage of the Youth Justice System, this article discusses the devastating effect on incarcerated children. The pandemic exacerbated existing failures in the children’s secure estate, eradicated children’s rights and exposed children to increased vulnerabilities. We present an urgent need for a fundamental ideological reconsideration of the purpose of custody for children.
K1 Covid-19
K1 youth custody
K1 children’s rights
K1 vulnerabilities
K1 Transformation
DO 10.1093/bjc/azae015