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History of Child Institutions. Runkerry House Rathgael and Whiteabbey School and was used thereafter as an outdoor pursuit centre for inmates of the young offenders centre. Industrial Schools History. New proposals for justice schemes. Armagh Prison. In the late 1960's, the prison population in Northern Ireland was below 700. Belfast was the male remand and sentenced prison. Armagh Prison held remand and sentenced females and also contained the closed Borstal Unit. Rotchdale classroom. Millisle was the open Borstal and a small adult First Offender Unit for short term prisoners was situated at Castledillon, near Armagh. All of these establishments have been replaced. The onset of the period of civil unrest, commonly referred to as 'the troubles produced an upsurge in the prison population. This grew steadily until 1979 when it reached a peak of 3,000 (sentenced and remand prisoners). Since then, the population has steadily fallen to around 1200 prisoners. Borstal in Ireland Custodial provision for the young adult offender 1906-1974. History of the BC Borstal Association Penal harm. Custodial sentence. Prison sexuality. Reformatory cane Borstal in Ireland: Custodial provision for the young adult offender 1906-1974 Runkerry House was no longer needed as an old people's residence and it was subsequently leased to Rathgael and Whiteabbey School and was used thereafter as an outdoor pursuit centre for inmates of the young offenders centre. This usage stopped in 1994 Industrial Schools History New proposals for justice schemes Present day. Police must be involved in new schemes. Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish reports. Report is published biannually. Northern Ireland Office. Rathgael and Whiteabbey Training Schools Management. Revealing the horrors of abuse in Ireland's Child Care Institutions during the 20th Century. BORSTAL APPROVED's The Criminal Justice Act 1982 abolished the borstal system. Armagh Prison.jpg

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1960 SECTION 12 Discontinuance of use of term Borstal.
Borstal in Ireland: Custodial provision for the young adult offender 1906-1974
History of the BC Borstal Association
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Prison sexuality
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Borstal in Ireland: Custodial provision for the young adult offender 1906-1974
Runkerry House was no longer needed as an old people's residence and it was subsequently leased to Rathgael and Whiteabbey School and was used thereafter as an outdoor pursuit centre for inmates of the young offenders centre. This usage stopped in 1994
Industrial Schools History
BBC UK New proposals for justice schemes Present day: Police must be involved in new schemes.
BBC UK New proposals for justice schemes Present day: Police must be involved in new schemes.
Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish reports. Report is published biannually. Northern Ireland Office.Rathgael and Whiteabbey Training Schools Management Board (in this report STILL NO REPORTS IN AUDIT! table at bottom of page in link.)Published 1997
DAYS IN LIFE. Blogspot. Revealing the horrors of abuse in Ireland's Child Care Institutions during the 20th Century.
DAYS IN LIFE. Blogspot. Revealing the horrors of abuse in Ireland's Child Care Institutions during the 20th Century.
BORSTAL APPROVED's The Criminal Justice Act 1982 abolished the borstal system.
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Government Acts: The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988. Judgement on Karen Carson ex inmate of Whiteabbey Girls Training School. Antisocial Behaviour Orders: 13 Feb 2006: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou). The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968. Statutory Rule 1996 No. 325 Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (CHANGING WORDS IN COURT DOCUMENTS).Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1968. The Social Services Inspectorate have carried out part or full inspections of the four Training Schools as set out in the table. (NO REPORTS ON TRAINING SCHOOLS BEFORE 1991?)Members in the Commons Hansard Written Answers text for Monday 26 Feb 1996. Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1956 An Act to make further and better provision for the management of the Malone Training School, the Girls Training School, Whiteabbey, and the Balmoral Training School. Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 Chapter 7 An Act to relieve the Ministry of Home Affairs from an obligation imposed on it under the Malone Training School Act (Northern Ireland) 1926; to change the name of a body established under the Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1956 and to alter the membership of that body. [4th April 1968. The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000. Explanatory Notes to Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
Government Related Links And Reports Crimestoppers. Crime Reduction Org. Criminal Justice System of England and Wales Judicial Studies Board Website Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland How Effective is Criminal Justice? - Euro report doc.2003. Northern Ireland Audit info Probation and Juvenile Justice. Advice Guide Children and local authority care. Home Office Documents Search Impact on benefits. National Probation Service Prison Law, informative site on UK prison issues. (NSPCC) National Society Protection of Children European Society of Criminology Crime Library Direct Government...Young People in custody. - What you can expect, N.I. National Association Youth Justice International Center for Prison Studies Kings College London. Because - Youth Crime Project HM Prison Service - Juvenile Offenders Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000- Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights Rathgael and Whiteabbey Training Schools Audit -No Reports from N.I. Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care - Scotland Report bullying site They Work For You Read written answers make your own comments. Depaul Trust - Homeless after release from child institutions? Prison Service North East Locate A Prison U.K. Find a prison. scams info The Other Side of the Wall - Prisons and Prison Law Stop Prisoner Rape Youth Justice - 03/02/2005 Communitycare. Juvenile Justice UK. Historical Abuse Appeal Panel Mothers against murder Child Welfare UK BBC Crime Information site House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8 Mar 1989 -In relation to Child Welfare. Country by country - Inquisition 21st century - Resisting absolutism – Ireland Compensation Abuse Young Offender Panels - The Next Step. Privacy International Association of Youth Offending Team Managers Police Rape Crisis Restorative Justice and Family Group Conference Training Mothers against Guns Help with Social Services and Children in Family Law Redress for Borstal Inmates. - Compensation Mental health primary care in prisons Crime in Britain and Ireland - Young People, Written in Scotland. watchdog Irish Survivors Group - advice & compensation & solicitors, lawyers 20 Mar 1997 No Financial Reports for Rathgael or Whiteabbey.?

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Care and Protection Orders dropped from 3 years to 2.=2000
Scotland:Prisoners lose battle to stop slop out.
A campaign to give a voice to vulnerable women sent to jail with drug and mental health problems has been launched by DrugScope.
Update on literacy and prisoners
After assaulting a girl in 1995 Whiting spent 29 months in jail. Five years later he killed Sarah Payne.
Radical reform of prison education urged
For a decade, inmates of Feltham young offenders' unit have been gaining from a volunteer scheme that provides essential literacy skills.
Alan Smith sees the children who teach the best lesson in prison.
Devon jail has the key to university doors
Alligators behind bars
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Gov Buisness plan 2003 What to do about training schools.
Northern Ireland Online...All N.I. Gov Department Links.
United Nations: COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Eighth session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 206th MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Wednesday, 25 January 1995,
NIO News Relaease 2003 Lisnevin to close.
NGO Reports presented to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. 1994
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Doing time - volunteers who work with offenders.
N.I.A.C.R.O. For resetlement of ex inmates.
They Work For You. You can keep an eye on your MP and updated issues effecting your family.
ADVICE GUIDE.
ePolitix.com - National Care Leavers Week and other Care Leavers links.
Cabinet Sub-Committee on Children and Young People Life skills for Care Leavers.
UK Youth Parliament : Making Our Mark
Making a positive contribution: In 2006, it cost £34,924 to keep a young person in a young offender institution. An annual average of £6,500 per young person. This compared with the cost of £3,800 for a young person in secondary education.
Directory of Social Change - Charity Exchange.
Homeless Pages - Resource: Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
NCB Projects Children in Public Care Unit.
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)
Experiments in Living: The Fatherless Family This is what is expected of todays single parent family, UNFAIR!! Shame on CIVITAS..Institute for study of Civil Society.
Extern – Targeting Social exclusion since 1978
Education Support for Northern Ireland - Special Education, Statutory assessment stages.
Northern Ireland Act 1998 Section 75 Statutory Equality Obligation
Psychology and mental health at Psych Central, Northern Ireland Parliament site dealing with trauma. (DO NOT BE PHASED BY THIS TITLE YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION)
Official gateway for Health & Care in Northern Ireland
YMCA England : Home : Directory : Young Offenders Institutions
Criminal Records - N Ireland Youth Information
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Committee on the Administration of Justice 45/47 Donegall Street Belfast BT1 2BR Northern Ireland
Resettlement
Legal: Human Rights of Inmates
SOVA - strengthening communities
Inquisition 21st century - Resisting the absolutism Compensating ex inmates.
Trust for the Study of Adolescence
Youth justice: the issue explained
Women's Aid - Homepage
Victim Support Northern Ireland
Prison Reform Trust
National Association for Youth Justice :: Promoting the rights
IQRA Trust Prisoner Welfare
The Synergy Project
CAJ - The Committee on the Administration of Justice: Defending Human Rights
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FROM EXCLUSION TO INCLUSION - 1998 A SCOTTISH CUSTODIAL PERSPECTIVE.
The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988
Judgement on Karen Carson Ex inmate of Whiteabbey Girls Training School.
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: 13 Feb 2006: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou)
The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968
Statutory Rule 1996 No. 325 Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (CHANGING WORDS IN COURT DOCUMENTS)
Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1968
The Social Services Inspectorate have carried out part or full inspections of the four Training Schools as set out in the table. (NO REPORTS ON TRAINING SCHOOLS BEFORE 1991?)
Members in the Commons Hansard Written Answers text for Monday 26 Feb 1996
Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland)1956 1956 An Act to make further and better provision for the management of the Malone Training School, the Girls Training School, Whiteabbey, and the Balmoral Training School
Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 1968 Chapter 7 An Act to relieve the Ministry of Home Affairs from an obligation imposed on it under the Malone Training School Act (Northern Ireland) 1926; to change the name of a body established under the Malone and Whiteabbey Training Schools Act (Northern Ireland) 1956 and to alter the membership of that body. [4th April 1968]
The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
Explanatory Notes to Children (Leaving Care) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
Child Institutions UK Young Offenders in prison
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David Guest Story:-You Little Bastard- Book written by David about his time in Bryn Alyn in Wales.