Controversial changes to protections for children in young offender institutions (YOIs) and secure training centres (STCs) were introduced in March 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The changes saw children’s access to education reduced, visits from relatives cancelled and, in some cases, young people were only allowed out of their cells for two hours a day.
Charities supporting young people in the youth secure estate have welcomed confirmation that secondary legislation relating to YOIs will end on 24 March and rules relating to STCs will end on 25 March.
The changes, which reinstate pre-pandemic rights for children in YOIs, will be introduced via the The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2022, which were laid before Parliament on 5 January 2022 and come into force on 26 January 2022.
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