Charlie Taylor, a former headteacher and child behavioural expert has set out plans to transform youth custody; his interim report suggests that the youth justice system would be more effective and better able to rehabilitate young people if it were focussed around education. Local, secure and smaller schools would draw on educational and behavioural expertise to rehabilitate children and give them the skills they need to thrive on release.
Amongst its findings, the report states that around 40% of young people in under-18 Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) have not been to school since they were aged 14; they are also only receiving 17 hours of education every week against an expectation of 30 hours.
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