The Ministry of Justice today published a green paper outlining proposals to improve outcomes for young people in custody, as part of attempts to “put education at the heart of detention”.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said: “Some youth custodial places cost £200,000, five times the cost of sending a child to a top private school. But nearly three quarters of young people leaving custody reoffend.
“We cannot go on just doing more of the same, pouring more money into a system that doesn't work in the hope of a different outcome. That doesn’t make any sense to the taxpayer, or to the young people who we should be trying to get back on the straight and narrow.
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