Figures released in parliament show that between January 2010 and the end of April this year, a total of 2,784 extra days imprisonment were passed down to boys aged between 15 and 17 in young offender institutions (YOIs) by outside adjudicators.
More than two thirds of the total days were handed down at a single privately run institution – Ashfield YOI near Bristol.
Across all YOIs holding boys, the number of extra days dished out has increased from an average of 61 a month in 2010 (732 for the year), to 144 days a month for the first four months of this year (575 until the end of April).
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