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Of course, when children are arrested—a very high percentage of those who are charged remain in custody until tried, although many of those who are tried and convicted are not sentenced to custody—the fact of their being in custody leads to them becoming dissociated from their families and, above all, from their education. Education in young offender institutions can be absolutely excellent—sometimes extraordinary and inspired—but sometimes it is pretty dreadful. But what are those educational institutions within child custody centres dealing with, even if they are very good?