Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick criticised Brinsford YOI, which holds 18- to 21-year-olds, for high levels of violence and drug use, poor security and “squalid” conditions.
Hardwick said the conditions were the worst he has seen in a prison during his four-year tenure as chief inspector for England and Wales.
The findings prompted the Howard League for Penal Reform to call for the immediate closure of the “unsafe, ineffective and violent” establishment.
The inspection report reveals that services to assess the individual risk and needs of the young people held there and offer them support in their early days at the establishment were poor.
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