Searches of young people in custody are currently conducted on a “risk-based approach”, but young people are still searched on a mandatory basis when they arrive at a young offender institution (YOI).
That could be set to change after youth justice minister Jeremy Wright said a pilot project at a YOI will be run to assess whether a fully risk-based approach, based on intelligence and perceived risk, is viable.
“As part of the National Offender Management Service's ongoing review of full searching, they are considering their position and will be implementing a three-month pilot of entirely risk- and intelligence-based full searches,” Wright said in a letter to the Howard League for Penal Reform, responding to calls from the organisation for routine searches to be ended.
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