To consider an immediate moratorium on child imprisonment.

The recent revelations of the abuse by G4S at Medway STC by BBC Panorama; the number of injuries in secure training centres is 5 times higher than official data by Home Office minister Mike Penning, and the scores of deaths each year of incarcerated children. A rethink is urgently required in the interests of child protect and public protection. Care not prisonfare must be the way forward. Prisons do not work to deter or reduce crime and has been shown to exacerbate crime and social injustice.