HM chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke said that leadership and staff at Werrington YOI near Stoke "deserved much credit" for having the determination to deliver a culture change. He said the ethos was "in stark contrast to what we see all too often at other establishments, where a negative cycle of punishment and restriction is pursued as the preferred means of behaviour management".
All boys had signed behaviour-related compacts in which access to private cash, computer games and time out of cell were used as incentives.
Inspectors noted that the scheme offered boys an immediate reward for good behaviour which could be exchanged for confectionery at the merit shop, and was appreciated.
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