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Hundreds spend 23 hours in solitary confinement
Damning report slams treatment of young offenders

HUNDREDS of children at an infamous juvenile prison are currently in solitary confinement, an official inspection report revealed today.

A quarter of young men held at Feltham prison was forced to spend 23 hours in their cells and many more spent “limited time unlocked.”

The report filed by the HM Inspectorate of Prisons also disclosed that many of the boys were left “with nothing to do” for too long.

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