
Prison service workforce figures published this week by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show that on 30 June 2018 there were 1,545 full time equivalent (FTE) workers employed by the Youth Custody Service, 198 more than in June 2017.
The figure represents a 14.7 per cent increase in FTE youth custody staff over the past year, the largest rise of any staff group across the secure estate.
Youth Custody Service staff now make up 3.2 per cent of the total prison service workforce.
The rise coincides with a £65m campaign by the government to boost the size of the youth custody workerforce and status of practitioners working in young offender institutions (YOI) and secure training centres.
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