The report found that although Eastwood Park held some "extremely damaged children", there was not enough contact with the Area Child Protection Committee and not all staff were trained in appropriate childcare or subject to enhanced checks by the Criminal Records Bureau. Education and training was also found to be inadequate.
"We remain particularly concerned at the small but increased number of girls and young adults held at Eastwood Park, in spite of previous assurances that under-18s would no longer be held in Prison Service custody," said Anne Owers, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons.
Lorraine Atkinson, project manager at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the report was "yet further proof of the inappropriateness of placing girls in prison service custody".
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