A report by the chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers, into residential facilities at Harwich, Manchester and Dover found that no centre had a locally agreed child protection policy. Provision for childcare was "inadequate" in all three centres, and staff likely to be in contact with children had not had enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks, adds the report.
A Home Office spokesman said work was "underway and still ongoing".
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