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Youth offender 'super prisons' plan condemned

GOVERNMENT plans to warehouse hundreds of young offenders in secure colleges dubbed “super prisons” were condemned yesterday by unions and Labour.

The proposed secure colleges would cater for hundreds of young people in detention, replacing existing young offenders’ institutions, secure training centres and children’s homes.

Plans are already under way for an initial college which would hold 320 boys and girls aged 12-18 at an estimated cost of £85m.

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