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Chief inspector names YOI 'best in England and Wales'

3 mins read Youth Justice
Parc young offender institution (YOI) has been described as “easily the best performing in England and Wales”, by the chief inspector of prisons.
Peter Clark, chief inspector of prisons says "a lot could be learned" from Parc YOI. Picture: HMI Prisons
Peter Clark, chief inspector of prisons says "a lot could be learned" from Parc YOI. Picture: HMI Prisons

The establishment received high praise in areas including relationships between staff and inmates, education and resettlement and rehabilitation of young people, in a report by Peter Clarke.

Parc is a young offender institution based on the site of an adult prison in Bridgend, Wales. 

It has capacity for 64 young people aged 15 to 18.

At the time of the inspection in November 34 children were placed in the YOI – 60 per cent of children had previous involvement with children’s social care and 46 per cent of the population were of black and minority ethnic background.

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