Most young offender institutions are failing to provide the statutory 15 hours each week of education to young people in custody, it has been claimed. The BBC reports that research by the Centre for Social Justice found that only one of the nine YOIs in England met the target, with an average of just 11 hours of lessons a week being delivered across the establishments. The CSJ was responding to a Ministry of Justice consultation on plans to create so-called secure colleges to improve education provision.
Children whose brains process information more slowly are at greater risk of psychosis, academics have found. Research from Bristol and Cardiff universities shows that performance in cognitive tests at the ages of eight, 10 and 11 are linked to the likelihood of psychotic experiences – such as hearing voices or seeing things, at the age of 12. The study was based on more than 6,000 participants.
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