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<p>The Ministry of Justice is considering how best to take forward Her Majesty’s Inspectorate
of Prisons (HMIP) report recommendation for research into the reasons why people from
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities are in prison.</p><p> </p><p>To address
the historically low declaration rates of GRT prisoners and to improve the support
received by GRT prisoners, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has carried
out extensive work to increase the declaration rates of GRT prisoners including work
to increase the confidence of GRT prisoners to declare their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>In
March 2014, NOMS implemented a new tool to monitor various outcomes for prisoners
against a range of protected characteristics, including GRT prisoners. NOMS is now
monitoring outcomes for this group of prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board
(YJB) commissioned and jointly published (with HMIP) the report: 'Children and Young
People in Custody 2012-13: An Analysis of 12-18 year olds' perceptions of their experience
in secure training centres'. This was the first published annual summary of children
and young people's self-reported experiences and perceptions from surveys carried
out with young people in each of the four Secure Training Centres (STCs).</p><p>The
YJB will continue to commission these reports and monitor the findings from this survey
in future years to gain a better understanding of the representation GRT young people
within STCs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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