They demanded change after the chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers, uncovered a catalogue of problems at the London prison. There is no separate provision for pregnant young people, said the Howard League for Penal Reform. And staff did not receive enhanced checks from the Criminal Records Bureau.
Chris Callender, the Howard League's assistant director, said: "The stress and uncertainty of being placed in a unit with adults can be enormous."
The report is the third in 10 years, yet Owers found one of the most basic recommendations, that all prisoners lived in decent conditions, had still not been met.
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