Following extensive research, the team behind proposals for a new youngoffenders academy (YOA) estimated the true cost of a YOI to be around100,000 a year for each young person, not the publicly quotedfigure of up to 60,000.
John Plummer, project director of the proposed YOA in east London, saidthe finding has implications for the debate around devolving the cost ofcustody, and decisions about which type of custody unit to place youngpeople in.
A report by the Foyer Federation, which proposes a YOA as an alternativeto YOIs, found there were a number of additional costs associated withYOIs that do not apply to secure training centres (STCs) or securechildren's homes (SCHs).
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