A SENEDD report is demanding the Welsh government take action over the high number of young people with communication needs entering the criminal justice system in Wales.

That’s the message in 60 Per Cent – Giving Them a Voice, published today by the Senedd’s equality & social justice committee.

The scrutiny committee found at least 60 per cent of young people involved with the youth justice system have a speech, language or communication difficulty, compared with an estimated 10 per cent for children and young people as a whole.