Child Inmates in 'Dire Conditions' ; Youth Jails Criticised [Edition 2]

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) (September 01, 2009)

Author: Matthew George

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CHILDREN being taken to Ashfield Young Offenders' Institution have to urinate in plastic bags because they do not get toilet breaks on the journey, a charity has claimed.

Campaigners also claimed that there is an unacceptable use of strip searching at the privately-run prison in Pucklechurch, with inmates routinely subjected to the practice on arrival and again every two months.

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Child Inmates in 'Dire Conditions' ; Youth Jails Criticised [Edition 2]

The Howard League for Penal Reform has published a report it says exposes the "dire conditions" to which the ...

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