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Criminal Justice: 'I think I've always questioned the system'

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Episode 12 focuses on young people's experiences of the criminal justice system and the power of lived experience, featuring Taylor Price a project lead at Youth Ink. Taylor is 21 years old and has experienced violence and spent time in prison but now uses his experiences to empower other young people in the criminal justice system. 

Youth-Ink is a London-based lived experience led charity led by people with experience of the criminal justice system. Youth Ink uses the power of peer networks to rehabilitate and to create safer communities for the future. They deliver frontline services by which young people seek support and have a voice in the justice system. 

For more information about Youth Ink support services please find further details on the website (https://www.youth-ink.org.uk/).

Support services:

  • Redthread supports young people who are victims of violence (https://www.redthread.org.uk/what-we-do/). Their youth workers support young people aged 11-24 years in A&E who have experienced violence.
  • Catch 22 aim to prevent first-time entrance into the criminal justice system (https://www.catch-22.org.uk/offers/youth-justice/#services), intervene when young people have committed an offence and support young people already subject to youth justice.
  • Disrupting Exploitation programme at The Childrens Society (https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/child-criminal-exploitation-and-county-lines) supports young people who are at risk of or currently being criminally exploited. We have services in London, Manchester and Birmingham. 
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