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Christian evangelical charity ‘lacks experience’ to run school at kids jail, campaigners warn
A view of Medway Secure Training Centre, in Kent, Britain's first child jail, in 1999
PENAL reform campaigners slammed the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today for hiring an evangelical Christian charity to teach child prisoners in Kent.
The Oasis Charitable Trust won a government contract today to provide education services at the notorious Medway Secure Training Centre.
The scandal-hit centre was run by G4S until 2016 when it was taken over by the MoJ after secret filming revealed staff inflicting pain on children.
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