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Young offenders holiday camp
http://www.thesun.co....eens-luxury-home.html
Fully equiped gym, heated swimming pool, juice bar, computers, games consoles, sports hall
Is this a correctional centre for youngsters who have committed serious crimes?
.........or is it Butlins?
Being incarcerated for serious crimes should be a punishment and they should have access to none of these facilities, how can places like this be a deterrent when they have things that many law abiding youngsters can't afford to have?
Fully equiped gym, heated swimming pool, juice bar, computers, games consoles, sports hall
Is this a correctional centre for youngsters who have committed serious crimes?
.........or is it Butlins?
Being incarcerated for serious crimes should be a punishment and they should have access to none of these facilities, how can places like this be a deterrent when they have things that many law abiding youngsters can't afford to have?
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No best answer has yet been selected by joeluke. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.They need sports facilities, sports halls, computers, etc. (Not sure about juice bars). If you shut them away with none of these things how are they going to learn to socialise properly and fit in with the outside world when they come out.
The punishment is being shut away. However, for a lot of these kids it will be the first time they have had any discipline or structure in their lives and hopefully, it will help them.
They need a change to be rehabilitated and educated.
What would you do - shut them up to become more frustrated and angrier and then let them loose again to take out their anger on the outside world?
And no I am not a yoghurt knitting lefty!!
The punishment is being shut away. However, for a lot of these kids it will be the first time they have had any discipline or structure in their lives and hopefully, it will help them.
They need a change to be rehabilitated and educated.
What would you do - shut them up to become more frustrated and angrier and then let them loose again to take out their anger on the outside world?
And no I am not a yoghurt knitting lefty!!
I don't think there is anything wrong with them having some sports facilities. Excercise is good for body and mind. Perhaps the computers are there to provide education, in preperation for their release so I would also think that's a good idea.
Whilst you can initially think that this is all wrong and they are getting for free what the rest of us work hard to pay for, these are young people who have gone seriously wrong somewhere in life, for some reason and although they should of course be punished for their crimes, they should also be helped to transform themselves for the better. These may just be tools to achieve this.
Whilst you can initially think that this is all wrong and they are getting for free what the rest of us work hard to pay for, these are young people who have gone seriously wrong somewhere in life, for some reason and although they should of course be punished for their crimes, they should also be helped to transform themselves for the better. These may just be tools to achieve this.
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It's not Butlins but yes some are offered degree courses and others a trade apprenticeship that they may choose to continue after their release.
That's not always available to some juveniles and it would seem to be a better option now than the Mickey Mouse Youth Training Scheme circa '86-'87 that paid £27.30 and amounted to little more than slave labour.
Does make you think...
That's not always available to some juveniles and it would seem to be a better option now than the Mickey Mouse Youth Training Scheme circa '86-'87 that paid £27.30 and amounted to little more than slave labour.
Does make you think...
Put them in a cell then with a few books, pens and paper and let them march around in a prison yard and do keep fit exercises. That will really prepare them and re-educate them to cope with today's life.
Do you think what you re suggesting is going to make them mend their ways!! These are children and teenagers we are talking about - they still have a good chance of being responsible, law abiding adults. Most of them come from backgrounds where they don't stand a chance.
Do you think what you re suggesting is going to make them mend their ways!! These are children and teenagers we are talking about - they still have a good chance of being responsible, law abiding adults. Most of them come from backgrounds where they don't stand a chance.
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