Following an announced inspection of Rochester Young Offender Institution (YOI), Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons, said the situation meant the establishment was failing to engage young people in work and meaningful activities.
The findings come ahead of the government announcement on sentencing reforms — outlined in the sentencing green paper and expected imminently — which emphasised the importance of improving rehabilitation prospects in youth prisons and the community.
The YOI, which holds young men aged 18 to 21, was found to have taken initiatives to minimise violence and had used exclusions from activity and restrictions on movement to keep prisoners that are a threat to, or at risk from, others apart.
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