NO - FRANCES CROOK, director, The Howard League for Penal Reform
Funding prisons for children according to performance simply misses the point. Children have taken their own lives in prisons and self-harm, assaults and violence are rife. The ineffectiveness of prison for children is reflected in the appalling reoffending rates.
There are also difficulties in identifying to what extent an institution can be responsible for reducing reoffending, given that children can be moved around while in custody. Ultimately, children who get in trouble need an individualised approach based on care and support, not prison walls and Whitehall targets.
NO - PENELOPE GIBBS, director of strategy to reduce child and youth imprisonment, Prison Reform Trust
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