Feltham Young Offenders Institute
VIOLENCE and self-harm have surged at a young offenders institution, an inspection report found today.
Chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke said that HMP young offenders institute Feltham A in west London was now “not safe enough.”
Feltham A contains contains teenagers with a custodial sentence aged between 15-18, while Feltham B holds those aged 18-21.
MARK FAIRHURST highlights the main issues facing officers in a long neglected service, and raised by front-line delegates at POA conference last week, including understaffing, violence, bullying and the ongoing denial of workers’ right to strike
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