A report published by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke following an unannounced inspection of the Rochester-based facility from 9 to 20 September said force should only be used as a “last resort” and by staff appropriately trained to use restraint techniques.
Inspectors that visited the site, which holds up to 188 boys aged between 15 and 18, found force had been used on 832 occasions during the previous six months.
This was an increase of nearly 30 per cent compared with 578 occasions at the last inspection in 2018 and a higher figure than in other “comparable establishments”.
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