imprisonment options

• what are the 3 types of youth prisons?

  -young offenders institution

  -secure training centre

  -secure children's homes
• are children held with adults

  no separate
• what age do you have to be to be sent to a young offenders institutio?

  15-21
• who runs young offenders prisons?

  prison service / private companies
• what happens when an offender in a young offenders institution turns 21?

  sent to adult prison
• what age do you have to be to be sent to a secure training centre?

  10-17
• what do secure training centres provide?

  -education

  -rehabilitation
• why would some children have to travel far to be sent to a secure training centre?

  limited number across country
• what age do you have to be to be sent to a secure children's home?

  10-14
• who runs secure children's homes?

  local councils & social services
• what do secure children's homes cater for?

  -physical

  -emotional

  -behavioural

  needs