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LONDON - People who repeatedly flout anti-social behaviour laws should be housed in "sin bins" where they will be subjected to curfews and a tough set of rules governing how they live, according to the Government's anti-social behaviour chief.
Louise Casey, who heads the Respect taskforce, wants to extend family intervention projects to single people who have extremely "chaotic" lifestyles. In an interview with the Independent on Sunday, Ms Casey said she believed that expensive boarding school-style regimes were the answer to anti-social behaviour.
The "sin bins" have been used for families with a history of making their neighbours' lives a misery. They are told to move out of their council houses into the secure accommodation. Critics say the centres are open prisons for people who have not been sentenced by the courts. But Ms Casey says she has seen evidence that the harsh, structured regime is effective.
"Family intervention - I believe this is the approach that will work," she said. "They are quite tough. Basically it's the end of the road."
The Government planned to extend parenting classes, with compulsory orders to be imposed on families with tearaway children.
- INDEPENDENT
