The latest report on the separation of children in YOIs, published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, says many separated children in prison service accommodation are “effectively held in harmful solitary confinement” with little human contact and in conditions which risk damaging their mental health.
The investigation, carried out in May and June last year across the five YOIs in England and Wales, found one in 10 children were officially separated, some for prolonged periods of time.
In the worst cases, children left their cells for just 15 minutes a day and were unable to access the “very basics of everyday life” including a daily shower and telephone call, the report states.
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