A report by the independent monitoring board (IMB) for Wetherby Young Offender Institution in Yorkshire, which holds up to 336 15- to 17-year-olds, found that levels of violence increased during the last 12 months.
It reveals that, in addition to an increase in attacks involving multiple young people attacking one young person, there have been 117 assaults towards male and female officers, 19 of which were serious assaults, classified as grievous bodily harm.
"This continues to pose significant challenges to the running of the prison and maintaining the safety of the young people," the report states.
"What is being done to reduce the level of violence and the number of attacks on both young people and officers?
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