The YOI unit at Littlehey holds 480 young adults aged between 18 and 21, having been opened in February 2010.
In January this year two prison officers were injured during a serious disturbance involving 60 inmates.
A report by the prison’s independent monitoring board found that following a change of regime after the incident things had improved.
"After issues came to a head in January 2011 the board can now see a calmer, more controlled atmosphere and a lot of positive interaction between staff and prisoners, and some exciting new initiatives delivering some positive outcomes for individual prisoners," the report stated.
But a number of issues with how the unit was set up were identified. These included poor building quality and layout, and a short induction period for new staff at the unit.
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