In May, an inspection of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Rugby, which is run by G4S, found that there had been “serious incidents of gross misconduct by staff”, including some who were in positions of leadership.
The inspection report – compiled jointly by Ofsted, the Prisons Inspectorate and the Care Quality Commission in May – found evidence of drug use among prison staff and smuggling of contraband, as well as evidence of degrading treatment and the use of racist comments towards young people held there.
The following month, it emerged that some youth offending teams were refusing to place young people sentenced to custody in Rainsbrook because they were not confident it was safe.
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