With this as a backdrop, the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has published its strategy for the secure estate for the period up to 2015.
The document looks to address the urgent issue of safeguarding through a process of workforce development and an increasing number of specialist units for young offenders with the most complex needs.
However, the strategy, which was published last week, has already faced criticism from campaigners including the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Frances Crook, chief executive of the charity, says: "You wouldn’t put a specialist mobile classroom for a few children in a failing school and deem the whole school a success."
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