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The Children's Ministry has signalled it may run another boot camp for young offenders before a law change kicks in next year.
Legislation is before Parliament to give judges the sentencing option of a military-style academy for the first time for repeat serious offenders.
The first pilot boot camp last year was with volunteers.
Reviews have found it had some success, but could have been better.
The academies occupied a large part of Oranga Tamariki's appearance at a scrutiny week committee hearing at Parliament on Tuesday.
The ministry's national operations manager, Janet Mays, told MPs they were planning now so they could run the next one "as soon as p
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