Have you ever heard a tough young person from the wrong side of the tracks concede that custody was quite unbearable? Have you ever heard them say that it was "hard"? Of course not; such concessions would be too damaging to street cred and peer status. Instead, they will tell you it was "easy peasy" and that "you can do it standing on your head". Or, according to reports of the MPA survey, that young offender institutions were "youth clubs" or "holiday camps". Quite why the media, and most of those who commented on the survey, did not place these remarks in any real context escapes me, if you'll excuse the pun.
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