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Community Care magazine's Back on Track
campaign is calling for justice for children and young people in
custody. We need your help.
Overall Campaign Aims
Community Care is campaigning for a dramatic
reduction in the number of children and young people being held in
custody and calling for the greater use of community sentences
instead. We urge that custody is only ever used as a last resort
and for the shortest possible length of time. For a full list of
the campaigns aims click
here.
How can I get involved?
We want as many people as possible to support the 'Back on
Track' campaign. There are many ways you can get involved:
- Attend the Working with Young
People at Risk of Offending Conference held on
27th October 2004 at the ORT House Conference
Centre, London. Click
here for more details.
- Sign our
petition
- Contact your MP. Tell
them that you have heard about our campaign. Ask where they stand
on the issue of young people in custody. Did they sign Hilton
Dawson MP's early day motion (no.1397) supporting the Back on Track
campaign and voicing concern at the violation of human rights of
many of the 11,000 young people currently behind bars in the
UK?
- Write to your local paper with details of
Community Care's campaign. This is a great way of starting
a debate and raising the issue of youth justice with the general
public.
- Let us know what's happening in your area.
Community Care wants to hear about examples of good
practice (as well as what's going wrong with the system). Email us
at comcare.news@rbi.co.uk or
write to Community Care, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton,
Surrey, SM2 5AS.
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