young offender institution

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young offender institution

a place of detention for persons under 21 years of age. The idea is to keep the younger offender away from the older and more experienced criminals in the adult prisons that would otherwise become ‘academies of crime’.

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I write as the grieving mother of another teenager who died whilst in the so-called care of a young offender institution. My only child Sarah, 18, died in January 2003, one day into a sentence at HMP & YOI Styal, Cheshire.

Letter: Sanction inquiry

Selby was given 36 weeks in a young offender institution but his sentence will be reduced by the 134 days he spent on remand.

Brothers attacked as they took dog for walk

Like Joseph,my daughter was also in the so- called care of a Young Offender Institution when she died.

Letter: Danger to youth

The court had heard how her illegal affair began in February 2008 at Aylesbury Young Offender Institution before McDade became pregnant around three months later.

OUT OF WARDER; Jail for prison officer who had baby after cell sex with inmate

He was sent to a young offender institution for 15 months and banned from driving for three years after admitting dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, failing to stop after an accident and having no insurance.

Cyclist in car pursuit drama

Also involved in the protest was campaigner Yvonne Scholes,of Meliden, near Prestatyn, whose son Joseph,16,died nine days after being admitted toStokeHeath Young Offender Institution, near Market Drayton, in March 2002.

Demo over jail deaths

A wing of Deerbolt Young Offender Institution, near Barnard Castle, Co Durham, was wrecked.

Prisoners in pounds 1m riot

Secure training centres provide detention and education for those aged up to 18, while young offender institutions are usually for those aged 15 to 20.

Substance use higher in young offenders

HALF of social worker posts in young offender institutions (YOI) are lying empty, putting young people at increased risk, a charity suggested yesterday.

There are 15 young offender institutions across England and Wales housing 15 to 17-year-old males and 17-year-old females who have been given a custodial sentence.