Children locked up in YOIs for 22 hours a day for four months during COVID-19 pandemic
Most children in Young Offender Institutions were still locked up for 22 hours a day following four months of COVID-19 restrictions, the chief inspector of prisons has warned.
Following the second young offender institutions short scrutiny visit, Peter Clarke said that despite attempts by local management at HYOI Feltham A and HMYOI Werrington to reintroduce education [...]
Nowhere safe for children in secure estate warns prisons inspector
Tragedy is inevitable in youth custody given conditions faced by young people
The chief inspector of prisons has warned that the most ‘concerning’ findings throughout the past year were in establishments holding young people.
The outcome of inspections of Young Offender Institutions and Secure Training Centres were ‘very troubling,’ chief inspector Peter Clarke has stated in his [...]
