Today we’ve launched new research on the impact of criminal records acquired in childhood and early adulthood.
The report shows that hundreds of thousands of people are being affected every year, and often many decades later, because of mistakes they made when they were children or young adults. In the last 5 years alone, over 2.25 million youth criminal records were disclosed on standard/enhanced checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) that were over 15 years old.
The report can be downloaded: A life sentence for young people (Unlock, May 2018)
A summary of the report can be: Summary – A life sentence for young people (Unlock, May 2018)
Read a feature on the report in the Guardian.
Read our press release for the launch of the report.
Our crowdfunding appeal to raise funds to intervene in the Supreme Court is at https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/clean-slate/
This work is part of our Unlocking Experience project.
Learn more about this topic
- DBS checks and work experience: what the new regulated activity rules actually mean
- Youth justice sector join FairChecks letter to Justice Minister with a plan for childhood criminal records reform
- From Participation to Influence
- “People should be given a fair chance at a second chance” Paula Harriott on the early release scheme
- Unlock respond to the Ministry of Justice review of the prison system
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