How to win: Youth Custody Accommodation and Services at Oakhill (Milton Keynes) Preliminary Market Engagement

About this contract

What the YCS does Established in September 2017 as a distinct part of HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), the Youth Custody Service (YCS) is responsible for the Children and Young People Secure Estate, for children and young people between 10-17 in England and Wales. This includes: • the commissioning and management of outsourced youth custody services and sites; • the operational running of public sector sites; and • placing children and young people who are remanded or sentenced to custody. The Children and Young People Secure Estate is currently made up of four Young Offender Institutions for boys aged 15-17, one Secure Training Centre, eight Secure Children’s Homes and one Secure School. The YCS is dedicated to working with a wide range of central and local government partners and other agencies to improve the life chances for young people, bringing children’s voices into service design and to learning from the latest research and best practice. Vision and priorities HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) protects the public and prevents victims by changing lives. We work with our partners to carry out the sentences given by the courts, either in custody or the community

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