He also wanted mandatory schooling for inmates and more supervision of former inmates.
"What we have here are mostly boys who've just finished mandatory schooling."
The children are not required to pay school fees for the mandatory schooling.
This age range is determined by the period when mandatory schooling ends through the age of 24.
Labour, which wanted mandatory comprehensive schooling, was painted as the party of central control and uniformity.
The national government plays a very small role: it decides directly the age for mandatory schooling and indirectly the financing of the communities.
Juvenile prisons are similar to adult ones, but they hold far fewer inmates and provide for mandatory schooling.
She told investigators the day of his arrest that she would consider a plea bargain on her son's behalf if it included mandatory schooling.
In Canada, Grade Ten is the 10th year of mandatory schooling.
In the United States there are 12 years of mandatory schooling.