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01 May 1994

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Despite public criticism Mr Howard remained determined to press ahead with plans for a national network of "child jails" or secure units for 12- to 14-year-olds which forms one of the main planks of the Criminal Justice Bill, despite threats of a defeat in the Lords at the hands of an alliance of Tory and opposition peers who argue that locking up children is not the way to deal with juvenile crime. Campsfield, Gringley (Notts), Medomsley (Durham) and Onley (Northants) were named as the first four sites, and criminal justice minister David Maclean said tender invitations were being issued for private companies to design, build, operate, maintain and finance the centres. They are supposed to house more than 200 offenders, who will serve up to 12 months there if they have committed three imprisonable offences or have breached a court order.

Guardian 23.4.94; Independent 12.5.94.

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