Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, and Care Quality Commission has issued a rare urgent notification (UN) to the Secretary of State for Justice due to continued poor care and leadership at the MTC-run centre near Rugby.
Robert Buckland now has 28 days to set out how these concerns will be addressed after a joint report by inspectors found that, due to Covid-19 restrictions, newly admitted children – some as young as 15 – were being locked in cells for 14 days for as long as 23.5 hours per day.
A further monitoring visit in December found that little progress has been made, inspectors said.
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