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Reimagining Youth Justice
A Child-First Roadmap for Jersey 2025 - 2030 R.106/2025
Hello This tells youtcomes we want tou about our new Yo achieve. It'outh Justice Roadmap and the 4 s about:
Prevention children and families have the right support early in life
The Government of Jersey wants all children to have the best life so they don't get involved in anti social behaviours and crime
possible. That includes children who have been involved in crime or
connected to the youth justice system. Response children have the right support if they offend to help
them not reoffend and to have positive outcomes in their lives
States of Honorary
aJnedrs Iemy mCuigsrtaotmiosn Jersey Police PHaarilslsh Our Vision
Police
Service We want a youth justice system that:
Royal Courts of puts children first and works in their best interests
Jersey and the
Community The Youth Court helps children develop positive identities
anSdeSrvuicpepsort youth justice system removes barriers and creates opportunities for success
includes: Children, Young People, supports children to be resilient islanders who add value to their LDaewp aOrftfimceenrst EducDaetpioanr tamnednSt kills communities
breaks the circle of crime and stigma
Jersey Probation Jersey Youth
and After Care Health and Service
Care Jersey
This Roadmap is built upon a children first approach
and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It makes sure children are treated fairly
and have their rights met, no matter what they have
done. Hover over to see.
We will make sure everyone puts children, and their rights first.
Working together to build a safer community
This Roadmap is part of the Building A Safer Community (BASC) Framework that helps services, organisations, professionals and the community work together to keep Jersey a safe place to live!
It has 2 stages
1. Prevention helping people early on to stop them getting involved in crime 2. Response dealing with crime and supporting victims, witnesses and the community
Universal Targeted Community Rehabilitation prevention intervention development Enforcement Justice and recovery
Islanders have the Knowing where Building strong Investigating crimes, Charging and Supporting people who information, knowledge there are risks and communities, where people taking action and sentencing offenders in have committed crime and support needed to supporting people in work together to belong, charging people if they courts, while supporting to not reoffend and stay safe the right ways feel safe and stop crime have committed a crime victims and witnesses help victims and the
at every step community recover
What prevention looks like... What response looks like...
Jack's story. Abby's story.
"I used to be angry all the time. I didn't get why. "I was dating Connor. Yes, he's 5 years older than me,
I started drinking with mates on weekends and but he made me feel special when things were rough at staying out late. Mum worried, we argued and I home. One night, he came over and stole from my mum. got angrier. I lost it at school and threw something. After that, things at home went bad, and I ended up
It didn't hit anyone, but that was it everyone was sofa-surfing at friends'.
worried.
Things got worse. I had no money so I started stealing, My teachers stepped in. They helped me and Mum and Connor started paying me to store and move drugs get support. I met a peer mentor who helped me quit for him. That's when the police caught me, and I went to drinking, and I started talking to a counsellor about court.
why I was so stressed.
It was scary, but it made me see what was happening. Now? I've got ways to manage my anger and I needed the help. I got to apologise to people I stole keep myself safe. Things feel a lot better." from, including Mum. Now I've got support, and I
understand that that relationship wasn't love. I'm
learning to stay safe and make better choices."
Outcome 1: How we re going to
The youth justice system achieve this:
works together and supports We will assess how we work We will support community children to follow the law and asycsrotesms tthoe s yeoeuitfht hjuesrteic aer e phreolpjecchtsil darnedn parnodg rfaammsili ewsh tioc h behave in positive ways ways we can improve. develop positive behaviours.
We will make sure all children, We will work to understand the
no matter their background, are children who are involved in the involved, listened to and are given criminal system to help prevent the right support. others in the future.
We will make sure children and We will link this Roadmap
families are connected to services to other Government
and get the right support. plans and policies.
We will work with schools and the community
to raise awareness of positive behaviours, how to stay safe and follow the law.
This outcome supports the BASC pillars
Outcome 2: How we re going to
Children involved in achieve this: We will assess existing early support and We will make sure children crime and the criminal oseuer oifptthioenres atoredwivaeyrts pitecoapnle i mfropmro vcer.ime, to gmeot vteh eousut popf othret tyhoeuyt hnejuesdt itcoe
justice system are system.
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informed and restorative
We will make sure children have We will make sure there are opportunities for
easy to understand information children to put things right, using restorative that meets their needs. practices, if possible.
Restorative practices: This is about helping We will explore ways to divert and people fix things when a crime or something
support children involved in crime bad has happened. It brings people together ahead of the Parish Hall system. to talk, listen, and find a way to make things
right. It's about saying sorry, solving problems together, and making sure everyone feels safe
We will work to connect children
and respected.
with their communities.
This outcome supports the BASC pillars
Outcome 3: How we re going to achieve this:
We will make sure the youth justice system is We will continue to look at court Children who are focused on restoring children to a positive future and processes to ensure they are less formal
reducing trauma. and child-friendly. This includes:
involved with serious looking at new sentencing options
making sure courts make timely
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in serious crime (or re-offend) to see if there
are ways it can improve, including how they We will check that our laws treat children make decisions and support children. as children and protect them in the right
ways.
We will look at how the Parish Hall
Enquiry process works to understand We will look at how we can improve how we can improve the process detention. We want to make sure children to support positive outcomes for get the right support and reduce the children and their connection to our amount of time they are isolated from community. others as a punishment.
This outcome supports the BASC pillars
Outcome 4: How we re going to We will work together across
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We will make sure We will make sure we engage with
professionals have the
offenders, families and and court right training.
information services to ensure we use children friendly practices.
We will check services
are following the
Jersey Victim and We will work with the island Witness Charter. community to encourage
restoration in communities.
We will check victims and witnesses are
getting the right support throughout their experiences in the justice system.
This outcome supports the BASC pillars
Checking it works
We want to make sure this Roadmap is making the biggest difference Thanks for reading this
possible, so... For more information you can contact: BASC@gov.je
We will collect information We will listen to the We will make sure this is checked by about community safety views of children professionals including, the BASC and how we're meeting and their families. Coordinator and the Youth Justice people's needs. Partnership.
Checking it like this will help us see if we're reaching our 4 outcomes and if anything needs to change as we go along.