This is about children in prison, right? And there's a strategy?
It's an important indication of the road down which youth and criminal justice policy may be about to travel. According to the Youth Justice Board, it's an opportunity to "continue the transformation of the secure estate for juveniles".
Sounds like one of those make-over shows. Changing cells, perhaps? In April 2000 the board became responsible for commissioning and purchasing custodial places for all 10- to 17-year-olds. And since then, the board claims that great improvements have been made in relation to establishing a discrete secure estate for under-18s, and in the expansion of special provision for younger children in secure training centres.
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