A report by the Prisons Inspectorate found Wetherby YOI had improved on an already solid performance, but noted a series of concerns.
In addition to criticism of routine strip-searching, the loss of a prison-based social worker was said to have left an "unfilled gap", while conditions in the separation and care unit were judged unsatisfactory.
"All young people who were admitted and discharged from the establishment were still routinely strip-searched without a risk assessment and despite the introduction of a Boss (body orifice security scanner) chair and wand detector," the report said.
The concerns over strip-searching came despite a recommendation from a previous report that children and young people should only be strip-searched if a thorough risk assessment indicated it was is necessary to protect them or others from harm.
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