User:Rose Fields/sandbox/sandbox

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Her Majesty’s Young Offenders young offenders Institution also (HMYOI), is a type of prison in Great Britain, intended for offenders up to the age of 18. In the UK a child can leave school on the last day of June if you are aged 16 by the end of the summer holidays, they must then stay in fulltime education, in either a college or apprenticeship or traineeship until they are 18. There are roughly 1,000 students at a time in youth custody, and it ranges what they study depending where they are from: normal school subjects, to Community Service Volunteer Programmes, also lessons in behaviour, to develop practical skills. Look in to who decides what to teach, and who decides what skills are practical for when they re-enter society.

I am doing about education policy in youth custody which includes Young Offenders Institutions; secure training centres; and secure Children’s homes. I am interested in this as they are still children of schooling age, and to explore what their taught and how they are taught. There is a huge power dynamic not only between them and the guards / teachers, but also with other children their age in the standard UK education system. Also, is very interesting in how they prepare these children to their realise in to society, when they are adults. To see if they will be disadvantaged or not due to the education they receive.