The prison system is creaking. With jails overflowing, the government plans to release offenders early and suspend short-term sentences to ease the strain.
The long-awaited “school with security”, run by the Oasis Charitable Trust and due to open this spring, hopes to provide ministers with a template to cut reoffending and empty prisons. Jack Dyson reports…
Teenaged killers, sex offenders and drug-dealers are set to be welcomed at England’s first secure school – almost four years behind schedule.
The Oasis Charitable Trust, the sponsor of large academy chain Oasis Community Learning, is preparing to finally launch Oasis Restore in Medway, Kent, in the spring.
