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secure unit

British

noun

an establishment providing secure accommodation, education and training, psychiatric help, etc for offenders and people who are mentally ill

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The school at Kerelaw closed in 2004, but the secure unit stayed open until 2006.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Undercover reporter Olivia Davies spent 38 days posing as a carer at the 17-bedroom secure unit.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

Mr Brown, who had been in care repeatedly, was admitted to Polmont because there was no space in a children's secure unit.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024

In 1977, legislative minutes show, lawmakers said a secure unit for civilly committed patients would open in 1978 at Idaho’s State Hospital South, replacing the prison ward.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

The Scotsman reported that social workers and the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration wanted William to remain in the children's hearing system and be placed in a secure unit - but there were no places available.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2022

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