Secure schools take shape
Justice Minister Dr Phillip Lee sets out th MoJ’s plan for new Secure Schools: “Schools with security, not prisons with education”
4th June 2018
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Justice Minister Dr Phillip Lee sets out th MoJ’s plan for new Secure Schools: “Schools with security, not prisons with education”
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