Get the Apps Govt Industrial School urged not to relax environment for youth offenders
Article by April 1, 2021
Changes need to take place at the Government Industrial School (GIS), but the reformatory institution cannot be turned into a “soft” environment for the young people sent there.
Director of the Drug Education and Counselling Services (DECS) Roger Husbands said that in addition to the recent change of the school’s board, he hoped that the disciplinary component of GIS’ programme would not be stopped, as he feared that any such move would not deter young people from committing criminal offences.
And while there are ongoing investigations into alleged abuse at the school, Husbands who works with children struggling with substance abuse and behavioural issues, insisted that extreme measures such as locking students away in cells must not be a part of the disciplinary process he is suggesting.
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