Secure training centres
Rebound ECD (Education, Care and Development), a part of G4S, runs three purpose-built secure training centres (STC) on behalf of the Youth Justice Board (YJB). Teams of committed people look after males and female trainees aged 12-17 years who have been sentenced to periods of detention.
We work closely with the government’s professional advisors to ensure that our approach to looking after trainees reflects contemporary best practice. The aim is to create a living environment that helps address the cycle of offending behaviour, and one that is consistent with the needs of developing adolescents. Accommodation is built to domestic specifications but emphasises personal safety as well as security. Small groups of trainees live in house units, which are supervised by our staff at all times of the day and night.
Education and rehabilitation underpins the whole regime within STCs. The formal part of the education programme follows the national curriculum whenever possible and many trainees need special training or have been out of mainstream education for some years, so these requirements are also addressed.
Medway STC
Medway STC, located in Chatham, Kent, opened in April 1998 and was originally designed to accommodate 40 young males. The centre expanded in 2002 to accommodate a total of 76 young people, both males and females.
Rainsbrook STC
Rainsbrook STC, located near the town of Rugby, opened in July 1999 and was originally designed to accommodate 40 young males. In 2002 the centre expanded to accommodate a total of 76 young people of both sexes.
In October 2006, Rainsbrook STC opened Chadlington, a purpose-built mother and baby unit to care for detained young mothers and their children, as well as those in the final stages of pregnancy.
Oakhill STC
Oakhill STC, located in Milton Keynes, opened in August 2004 and is designed to accommodate a total of 80 young people, both male and female.