With the Carlile Report into the use of restraint on juveniles in custody due out imminently, the Youth Justice Board chose last week to launch guidance on Managing the Behaviour of Children and Young People in the Secure Estate. Some saw this as a "pre-emptive strike" to fend off anticipated criticism from Lord Carlile, but work on the guidance has been in progress for the past two years, and Rod Morgan, chair of the board, says it is something the organisation has been looking to address since 2000.
The board's concern is that the three types of secure establishment where young people are held - young offender institutions (YOIs), secure training centres (STCs), and local authority secure children's homes (LASCHs) - all have different protocols for managing problematic behaviour.
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