Claire's News
15 FEB 2011

Justice Select Committee Visit

On the 15 February I, along with other members of the Justice Select Committee, visited the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester. I had long wanted to visit this institution as its purposeful, strict but compassionate regime delivers real results and low re-offending rates. The ethos at the Centre is to give people a fresh start in their lives and many former detainees have gone on to have extremely successful Service careers - indeed "Andy McNab", who I met recently, told me he had made multiple visits to the facility!

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