Following a judicial review brought by the Howard League for Penal Reform, Ashfield Young Offender Institution (YOI), near Bristol, was criticised for “a woeful lack of knowledge” of its legal duties.
The boys, who were aged 17 at the time and are now 18, were punished after taking part in a protest over conditions on their wing.
Their punishment included an extra 90 days' imprisonment, which was imposed by a district judge who was visiting the YOI in his role as an independent adjudicator.
A claim against the adjudicator was settled in the boys’ favour last year and the additional days were taken off their sentences.
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