Conditions at YOI getting worse, report warns

Fiona Simpson
Friday, February 16, 2024

The “inhumane treatment” of boys at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution (YOI) has “got worse” over the last year, the setting’s independent monitoring board (IMB) has warned.

Campaigners have renewed calls for Cookham Wood to be closed. Picture: Howard League for Penal Reform/X
Campaigners have renewed calls for Cookham Wood to be closed. Picture: Howard League for Penal Reform/X

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