Is the door closing on children’s jails? Axing young offender institutions is part of radical demands in major review of ‘dysfunctional’ care system as annual costs spiral towards £15bn
- Independent review said cost of children in care will spiral to £15billion a year
- Adverse outcomes of being in care cost the country £23billion a year
- Eighty calls for young offender institutions to be phased out in the next decade
- Estimate 100,000 children in care in ten years, costing over £15billion a year
- Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi plans for ‘bold and ambitious change’
- 20 percent windfall tax on the 15 largest private residential children’s homes
Young offender institutions should be scrapped as part of a radical reset of England’s ‘dysfunctional’ care system, says a major report published today.
The Independent Review of…
