Magistrates' Views on the Proposals for Secure Training Centres

Reports on the Magistrates' Association's response to the proposals for secure training centres for persistent 12-15 year old offenders. Five questions were raised: what should be the defining criteria for the new order, should the new order be available to the youth court or only the Crown Court, what should be the level of security provided for in the custodial element, what should be the content of the regime, and in what way should post-custodial supervision be provided