Advancing Children’s Rights in Detention: A Model for International Reform

Front Cover -- Advancing Children's Rights In Detention: A Model For International Reform -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Cases And Instruments -- List Of Figures -- About The Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Aims Of This Book -- Methodology -- Chapter Outline -- 1 Children's Rights In Detention -- Introduction -- Introducing Children's Rights -- Implementation Of Children's Rights -- Children's Rights And Youth Justice -- Children's Rights In Detention -- Implementation Of Children's Rights In Youth Justice And Detention A Model For Advancing Children's Rights In Detention -- Child-centred Care -- Conclusion -- 2 An International Perspective -- Introduction -- Key Global Concerns -- Children's Rights To Education, Health And Family Contact -- Violence And Ill-treatment -- Separation, Solitary Confinement And Restraint -- Absence Of Specialist Staff, Facilities And Approaches -- Absence Of Complaints And Oversight -- Race And Over-representation -- Gender -- Reforming Child Detention -- Hearing The Views Of Children In Detention -- Conclusion -- 3 Irish Youth Justice Law And Policy -- Introduction Irish Youth Justice -- A Brief History Of Reform -- The Children Act 2001 -- Important Developments In Youth Justice -- Youth Justice In The Department Of Children -- Youth Justice As Part Of The National Children's Strategy -- National Youth Justice Policy -- Conclusion -- 4 Introducing Child Detention In Ireland -- Introduction -- The Reform Of Child Detention In Ireland -- The Youth Justice Review -- The Expert Group On Children Detention Schools -- Design And Investment -- Complex Legislative Reform -- Child Detention In National Policy -- The Profile Of Children In Oberstown Oberstown's Legal Framework -- The Director As Quasi-parent -- Providing For The Child's Needs And Preparing For Return To The Community -- The Distinctiveness Of Child Detention -- Governance Of Detention -- Independent Inspection Of Child Detention -- Conclusion -- 5 Oberstown And The Process Of Change -- Introduction -- Introducing The Challenge -- Oberstown: The New Building -- Oberstown: The New Model Of Care -- Care, Education, Health, Offending Behaviour And Preparation For Leaving -- Relationship-based Care -- The Children's Rights Policy Framework -- Oberstown: The New Direction The Oberstown Strategy 2017-20 -- Measuring Progress Through Independent Inspection -- The Maturing Approach To Inspection -- Conclusion -- 6 Implementing Children's Rights In Detention -- Introduction -- Child-centred Care -- Individual Plans Delivered Through Partnership -- Provision -- Health -- Education -- Development -- Family Contact -- Participation -- Individual Decision-making In Oberstown -- Unit Decision-making In Oberstown -- Campus Decision-making In Oberstown -- Information And Complaints -- Preparation -- Conclusion -- 7 Children's Rights To Protection From Harm -- Introduction Ursula Kilkelly And Pat Bergin ; With A Foreword By Ann Skelton. Safeguarding. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.