Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham today Justice Secretary David Gauke said £5m has been set aside to create the first secure school in Medway, Kent. It is expected to open in late 2020.
In January 2016, police were alerted to claims of "unnecessary use of force and the use of improper language" at Medway Secure Training Centre following a BBC Panorama investigation into the establishment.
A total of eight staff were charged over the scandal - two of them had the cases against them dismissed due to a lack of evidence, and six were cleared in court.
Management of the centre was taken over by the government after allegations of abuse emerged, and the quality of provision was rated "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors twice in less than a year.
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