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secure unit

British

noun

an establishment providing secure accommodation, education and training, psychiatric help, etc for offenders and people who are mentally ill

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The boy is expected to be sent to a secure unit for young people or what was described as a "place of safety".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

A mixed sex secure unit was added in 1983.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

The school at Kerelaw closed in 2004, but the secure unit stayed open until 2006.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Undercover reporter Olivia Davies spent 38 days posing as a carer at the 17-bedroom secure unit.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

In 1977, legislative minutes show, lawmakers said a secure unit for civilly committed patients would open in 1978 at Idaho’s State Hospital South, replacing the prison ward.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

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