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secure unit

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noun

  1. 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

Kerelaw opened in 1970, initially as a council-run residential unit for boys but later became co-educational, with a mixed sex secure unit added in 1983.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2024

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

From BBC Oct. 4, 2024

Mr Brown, who had been in care repeatedly, was admitted to Polmont because there was no space in a children's secure unit.

From BBC Jan. 9, 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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