The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) annual report has revealed that during 2017/18 it investigated two deaths of young people accommodated in secure children's homes (SCH).
This is the first time it has investigated the deaths of children in SCHs.
One of the teenagers, referred to as Child R, hanged herself in her room at a SCH in County Durham, in February 2017, where she had been placed by Durham County Council.
The girl was at serious risk of suicide and self-harm and during her seven month spell at the SCH she had tried to take her own life or self-harm on more than 100 occassions.
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