Why "secure estate" and not "prison"? Secure estate is the collectiveterm for the different types of custodial establishments in whichchildren may serve their sentence. The secure estate includes youngoffender institutions, which the Prison Service operate, and privatelyrun secure training centres as well as local authority secure children'shomes. Between them, they house children and young people from the ageof 10 to 17, although young offender institutions also house 18- to21-year-old offenders in separate accommodation.
And they have a strategy? The Youth Justice Board has published athree-year strategy for the secure estate. Since April 2000, the boardhas been responsible for commissioning and purchasing custodial placesfor 10- to 17-year-olds. It has tried to improve health, safeguarding,and education for those in custody, and made progress in the delivery ofresettlement and aftercare programmes too.
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