This is a good assessment of the many challenges facing youth custody, including in providing high quality education to young people who've had very disrupted experiences of school.
(And I'm always amazed by the fact that 20% of young people in secure settings went to the same six schools.)
Jon Collins
I wrote about the shocking state of youth justice:
- 2/3 reoffend
- 1/5 of kids in YOIs went to same 6 schools
- 2/3 grew up in care
- 61% have experienced violence in custody
- 3/4 have history of persistent absence
- YOI costs double Eton but only 20% pass GCSEs
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Lenient sentences handed to two teenage rapists have sparked fury but the government says it does not want to jail children. How does it square the circle?
