Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons, told the justice select committee that young people are being placed in accommodation that is not suitable for successful resettlement, despite highlighting the issue in a report for the Youth Justice Board (YJB) last year.
He told the committee that he was informed of a number of measures that would be taken when his report came out, but that subsequent inspections highlighted a lack of improvement.
“We have seen on day-to-day inspections that there has not been sufficient progress,” Hardwick said. “Young people tell us is that the key to them staying out of trouble is some sort of job, and key to that is having somewhere to live.
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