REAL LIFE: Banged Up
FORMER Home Secretary David Blunkett (pictured) aims to put 10 troublesome teenagers on the straight and narrow by giving them a taste of what life is like behind bars.
Scare tactics, maybe? But Blunkett regards the project as a second chance for those involved.
The youths, all aged 16 and 17, have been put forward for this unique experiment by their parents, who are at their wits’ end. Unruly behaviour has landed their offspring in trouble countless times with the police.
Can 10 days ‘banged up’ in Scarborough prison be shocking enough to make them change their ways and warn them off a life of crime before it’s too late?