Management of the centre was transferred from private company G4S to the government's National Offender Manager Service (NOMS) in July last year, five months after claims of "unnecessary use of force and the use of improper language" were made in a BBC Panorama investigation into the establishment.
A report by Ofsted, following an inspection in June 2016, found that child protection matters were "not managed effectively" meaning young people "are not sufficiently safeguarded" and the establishment was rated "inadequate".
Following another visit conducted in March this year, the centre has been rated "inadequate" again, with concerns around the use of force, child safeguarding and the quality of staff being raised.
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