The We Society Podcast

Care or Incarceration? How some of the UK’s most vulnerable children are being failed with Lisa Harker

Content warning: This podcast episode covers themes of suicide.

According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Justice, 1,280 children were subject to applications to deprive them of their liberty in 2024 in England and Wales. In the latest episode of the We Society podcast, Lisa Harker, Director of the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, joins host Will Hutton to discuss what we know about these children, the reasons behind the sharp rise in cases, and what an alternative approach might look like.

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