This is misleading. Of course there are Security Officers - almost as many as the Residential Coaches in the version of the proposal that I've seen.
I wish the secure school well but lets remember what it is.

New Secure School now set to open 'in the coming weeks.'

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What should a Labour Government do on Youth Justice?
A six-point manifesto from Rob Allen
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What should a Labour Government do on Youth Justice? A few ideas.
reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-s…

Reshaping youth justice was one of New Labour's priorities in 1997. What should a Starmer government do on it almost 30 years on?
reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-s…

In 1953, Johnny Cash was inspired to write 'Folsom Prison Blues' after watching a film about prison life. This song, written from an inmate's perspective, became one of his most popular tracks. It resonated so well with prisoners that Cash received many requests to perform at

Reshaping youth justice was one of New Labour's priorities in 1997. What should a Starmer government do on it almost 30 years on?
reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-s…

What should a Labour Government do on Youth Justice? A few ideas.
reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-s…

Extending early release provisions and using police cells may buy prisons some time but there’s a need to close more tightly the entrance to the system as well as throwing opening the back door.
A few ideas for reducing demand for prison places.
reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-i…

Justice Ministry boss explains to MPs how stafffing risks and impact of inflation are being managed in the prison expansion programme .
Having paused building new places for women last month, it looks like cost pressures could lead to more scaling back.
committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

Watchdog report finds violence at SE London Prison rose markedly in 2023 with prisoner-on-prisoner assaults up 31% on 2022 and a 66% rise in prisoner-on-staff assaults .
HMP/YOI Isis has about 136 active gangs with half the 600 prisoners affiliated.
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Not often that prisons get discussed at #PMQs so an excuse to repost a few thoughts on fixing the crisis reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-i…

Justice Ministry boss explains to MPs how stafffing risks and impact of inflation are being managed in the prison expansion programme .
Having paused building new places for women last month, it looks like cost pressures could lead to more scaling back.
committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

£300 million will be spent on a new prison next to Gartree while extensive repairs are needed to ensure the existing jail is safe, secure and humane.
Watchdog says prisoners on the over 50s wing had no heating for weeks during a cold spell in November. imb.org.uk/news/hmp-gartr…

Extending early release provisions and using police cells may buy prisons some time but there’s a need to close more tightly the entrance to the system as well as throwing opening the back door.
A few ideas for reducing demand for prison places.
reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-i…

The Sentencing Council should for most offences be asked to revise its guidelines to bring the average sentence length back down by a third - to the level it was 10 years ago. 6/7

Measures to cope with the prison capacity crisis have focussed on releasing sentenced prisoners early. Here are five ideas for limiting entry to the system. A thread 1/7 reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/05/what-i…