Secure colleges could be introduced in a bid to improve the education received by young offenders as part of a wider shake-up of youth custody.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has told Daybreak that the current system for young offenders is 'not working', as 70 per cent of them reoffend.
He added that £245 million a year is spent on detaining 16,000 offenders, who need to be educated whilst in detention, to use the time "sensibly".
Secure colleges are to be considered in a bid to improve the education received by young offenders.
A single mother has called for a complete overhaul of the youth offender system, Asher Nardone faced years of anti-social behaviour.
Today Justice Secretary Chris Grayling will announce proposals for "secure colleges" which, he hopes will help re-introduce ex offenders into mainstream society.
The Government is releasing plans this morning for "secure colleges" for young offenders.
It is hoped the new plans will stop young offenders from re-offending.
Read: Chris Grayling announces youth offenders reform
Former youth offender-turned mentor Arun Eaton spoke to Daybreak, he said that whilst he was on remand he was unable to do any courses that would help him enter mainstream society with a job.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said there is too much re-offending because teenagers do not have the skills to form a new life, or get a job, when they leave.
Half of the 15 to 17-year-olds in custody have the literacy levels of a seven to 11-year-old, with most of them having been excluded from school at some point.
Chris Grayling has recommended new models for detention centres in an attempt to help young offenders to "turn their backs on crime for good".
The Justice Secretary will announce proposals on secure colleges today, aimed at providing education to those in a period of detention.
– Chris Grayling, Justice SecretaryWe cannot go on just doing more of the same, pouring more money into a system doesn't work in the hope of a different outcome.
That doesn't make any sense to the taxpayer, or to the young people who we should be trying to get back on the straight and narrow.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling will today announce proposals to reform young offenders institutes by putting education at the heart of them.
Secure colleges will be considered, "providing education in a period of detention".
According to Mr Grayling, there is too much re-offending because teenagers do not have the skills to form a new life, or get a job, when they leave.
The green paper - Transforming Youth Custody: Putting Education at the Heart of Detention - is published today.