YOI
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See also: yoi
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]YOI (plural YOIs)
- Initialism of young offender institution.
- 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Considered by many to be even more dangerous than adult prisons, establishments such as Feltham YOI, west of London, closely replicate the feral violence of custodial institutions in the Victorian age.