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<p>Yes, it is still our policy to detain minors at the Military Corrective Training
Centre. The Centre has a safeguarding and child protection policy and is inspected
by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons.</p><p>Due regard is given to all the circumstances
of the offence and, where detention is warranted, it must be for the shortest term
commensurate with the seriousness of the offence or offences for which the offender
is being sentenced.</p><p>In the last three years a total of five Service personnel
under the age of 18 have been sentenced to detention in the Military Corrective Training
Centre.</p>
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