youth custody centre

noun

1. a former name for young offender institution

Example Sentences

Adam Rickwood took his own life in a youth custody centre after he was restrained using a now banned restraint technique.

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The Chief Inspector of Prisons recently found no youth custody centre in the UK could be considered safe.

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Prosecutor Richard Whittam said the poem, found when Mr Jacobs was serving a prison sentence for affray at a youth custody centre in 1988, included phrases such "we have intention to kill an police officer" and "we chop him all over".

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An unlawful use of force contributed to the decision of a 14-year-old boy to take his own life at a youth custody centre, an inquest jury has concluded.

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