Since 1998, the state has imprisoned children at the Medway Secure Training Centre in Kent. Children have been locked in […]
Child Prison/Secure Colleges
#FreeThemAll4PublicHealth Day 4: No Kids in Prison
31 March 2020: Day 4 of the #FreeThemAll4PublicHealth Week of Action #NoKidsInPrison Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) has been a […]
Corporate Watch Report: New ‘Secure School’ as part of a wave of new Children’s prisons
The Government has announced its plans to create a new ‘Secure School’ that will lock up children aged 12-17 as part […]
UK child prisons: thousands of injuries not disclosed by government
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/13/young-offenders-institution-restraint-injuries Minister reveals number of injuries during restraint is almost five times higher than Youth Justice Board figure Adam […]
More child imprisonment…
Youth jails should be replaced by secure schools, finds review Source: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/09/youth-jails-should-be-replaced-by-secure-schools-finds-review Medway and other privately run secure centres could […]
Glen Parva £85million secure college plan scrapped by Government
Source: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Glen-Parva-85million-secure-college-plan-scrapped/story-26877602-detail/story.html#ixzz3fc8xfxQ7 The Government has pulled the plug on a £85 million prison college for young offenders. It was scheduled […]
New Secure Colleges Campaign website
A new campaign has been launched to oppose Secure Colleges, children’s prisons to hold more than 320 young people at […]
Feltham officers top for using force to control violent young prisoners
Source: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/feltham-officers-top-using-force-9484988 Feltham Young Offenders Institution Prison officers at Feltham used force to control violent young prisoners more often than […]
Michael Gove may axe plans for £100m teenagers’ super-prison
Ministry of Justice weighing up alternative options to ‘modern-day borstal’ as departments come under pressure to make spending cuts Michael […]
Public Meeting: Resisting Child Imprisonment – Resisting Secure Colleges
Secure Colleges – What could possibly go wrong?
Source: https://downsizingcriminaljustice.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/secure-colleges-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/ Plans for the building of a ‘secure college’ in Leicestershire have reportedly been put on hold until after […]
Glen Parva has highest inmate suicide rate, charity says
Leicestershire’s Glen Parva Young Offenders Institution has the worst record for inmate suicides in the past four years, according to […]
Ten Reasons Why the House of Lords Should Oppose Grayling’s Flawed Secure College Plans
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dan-jarvis/chris-grayling-super-prison-children_b_6288904.html Earlier this year the government unveiled plans for one of the most ill-thought through policies of this Parliament. […]
Secure Colleges to go ahead
Source: http://converseprisonnews.com/secure-colleges-to-go-ahead/ The Government is to press ahead with its plans for secure colleges for young offenders despite opposition from […]
Hitch for £85 million Glen Parva secure college scheme as council refuses park access road
Source: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Setback-85-million-Glen-Parva-secure-college/story-24774984-detail/story.html By Dan J Martin Government plans for a secure college at Glen Parva have suffered a setback after […]
Building firms to benefit from £85m Glen Parva young offenders’ college
Leicestershire firms are set to benefit from the building of an £85 million college. The Ministry of Justice is set […]
Glen Parva young offender college a step closer
A secure college for young offenders aged between 12 and 17 took a step forward this week. The Ministry […]
Artist’s impressions of Glen Parva £85m secure offenders’ college revealed
Artist’s impressions of the £85 million “fortified school” in Glen Parva have been revealed – along with the news that […]
Plan for Europe’s biggest children’s prison
Plan for Europe’s biggest children’s prison ‘would put young offenders at increased risk of harm or death’ Jonathan Owen , […]
