Every prison has got new lads who don't know what to do. They think the best solution is to have a fight to gain respect. But I explain that violence gets violence. You get respect from education and release on temporary licence," says 18-year-old Middy (not his real name).
He's been at Ashfield Young Off-ender Institution (YOI), near Bristol, for two years and has three and a half years left to serve. But Wendy Sinclair, director of Ashfield YOI, is proud of what he's achieved. Not only is he training to be a chef at Bistro, the staff canteen, but he is a mentor to boys on Brook Wing, a specialist unit for 15- and 16-year-old offenders.
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