Gypsy, Traveller and Roma children in the youth justice system

01 Dec 2016

The analysis of the ‘Children in Custody’ surveys by the Traveller Movement tells a compelling and troubling story about the experiences of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma (GTR) children and the services they interact with.  

They are consistently failed as they progress through childhood; GTR boys in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) were significantly more likely to have been 14 or younger the last time they were in education, significant numbers had been excluded from school and almost half of GTR children in Secure Training Centres (STCs) had been in local authority care.