Concerns raised 3 Lack of consideration of the need for sensitive self-assessment issues to be discussed with a professional before completion View source Failure of self-assessment guidance to require consideration of whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person before completion View source Failure of self-assessment guidance to require documentation of the consideration of whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person View source
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Jake Adam Cahill · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Jake Adam Cahill died by suicide on 14 September 2020 after completing a youth offender service self-assessment form that included questions about self-harm and suicide. The principal concerns were that there was no evidence of consideration being given to discussing these sensitive questions with Jake with a professional beforehand, and that the relevant guidance did not expressly require such consideration to be given and documented.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of consideration of the need for sensitive self-assessment issues to be discussed with a professional before completion
Wider context from the report “(1) that there was no evidence of any consideration being given to the need for sensitive issues raised in the self-assessment form to be discussed with Jake by a professional before Jake completed the form .
(2) that the guidance to the self-assessment form issued by the Youth Justice Board makes no express reference to the need for consideration to be given and documented as to whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person before completion.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of self-assessment guidance to require consideration of whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person before completion
Wider context from the report “(1) that there was no evidence of any consideration being given to the need for sensitive issues raised in the self-assessment form to be discussed with Jake by a professional before Jake completed the form.
(2) that the guidance to the self-assessment form issued by the Youth Justice Board makes no express reference to the need for consideration to be given and documented as to whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person before completion.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of self-assessment guidance to require documentation of the consideration of whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person
Wider context from the report “(1) that there was no evidence of any consideration being given to the need for sensitive issues raised in the self-assessment form to be discussed with Jake by a professional before Jake completed the form.
(2) that the guidance to the self-assessment form issued by the Youth Justice Board makes no express reference to the need for consideration to be given and documented as to whether the form should be discussed with a vulnerable young person before completion .
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PFD Monitor interpretation Review AssetPlus guidance to address self-assessments with children, including challenging or remote engagement circumstances.
Verbatim wording from the response “I accept the need to review the AssetPlus guidance and we are already committed to reviewing this in the coming business year. In responding to your findings, this work will include within its scope, guidance that is specific to conducting self-assessments with children; particularly where they are more challenging to engage or where circumstances beyond the control of practitioners or the service dictates that these may have to be undertaken at a distance.” Source location 2022-0032-Response-from-Youth-Justice-Board_Published
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PFD Monitor interpretation Instruct youth justice services to stop using AssetPlus for unsupported self-assessment.
Verbatim wording from the response “pandemic when public services were having to find new ways of working remotely, the robustness and appropriateness of interventions and tools were tested. The self-assessment tool is key for engaging the child and their parent/carer but not envisaged for children to complete independently, however the AssetPlus user guidance did not explicitly prohibit this, and it is not unreasonable to conclude that unsupported engagement with questions about suicide and self-harm could have a significant impact on a child. For the YJB, accordingly, my priority has been to ensure that all youth justice services are aware that AssetPlus should not be used for unsupported self-assessment, and to instruct any that were doing so to cease immediately.” Source location 2022-0032-Response-from-Youth-Justice-Board_Published
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PFD Monitor interpretation Write to all youth justice services requesting review of self-assessment approaches and reminding them of key principles for conducting assessments with children.
Verbatim wording from the response “Acting upon your findings, we have written to all youth justice services asking them to consider their approaches to undertaking AssetPlus self-assessments and to remind them of the key principles in conducting self-assessments with children. This correspondence has been shared with you at Annex A.” Source location 2022-0032-Response-from-Youth-Justice-Board_Published
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PFD Monitor interpretation Revise case management guidance to include advice on conducting self-assessments with children.
Verbatim wording from the response “We are also in the process of revising our case management guidance to the sector, please see case management guidance extract on assessment process at Annex B, which provides youth justice service practitioners and managers with practical advice on how to work with children in the youth justice system. We are planning on publishing a revised set of guidance later this year and will include additional text on how best to conduct self-assessments.” Source location 2022-0032-Response-from-Youth-Justice-Board_Published
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Concerns raised 12 Limited Youth Offending Service staff training for the Social Services records system View source Insufficient capacity of supported accommodation View source Failure of frontline social services practitioners to identify when and where to make mental health referrals View source Lack of awareness among custody medical services of out-of-hours access to Children's Services records View source Failure to use previous psychiatric services information in assessment and Child in Need planning View source Inconsistent use of the Child in Need process for homeless young people View source Failure to routinely provide prisoner escort records to the Youth Offending Service View source Lack of a requirement for thorough mental health assessment of young people in custody View source Failure to obtain health-professional advice about risks following previous suicidal ideation View source Limited Youth Offending Service staff access to the Social Services records system View source Lack of a formal step-down process for young people leaving or disengaging from adult mental health services View source Failure to provide needs-based access to mental health and subsistence support for 16- and 17-year-olds in supported accommodation View source See 9 more concerns
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Peter Stanley · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Peter Stanley, aged 17, was found hanging in woodland on 2 August 2013 after a history of mental health concerns, suicidal thoughts and a previous suicide attempt. The report identified missed opportunities for mental health assessment and care, alongside concerns about information-sharing, homelessness and accommodation, custody assessments, and support for young people.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Limited Youth Offending Service staff training for the Social Services records system
Wider context from the report “(10) It is understood that the number of Youth Offending Service staff who have access to, and training for, the Social Services records system is limited.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Insufficient capacity of supported accommodation
Wider context from the report “(7) This case shows the need for a greater number of places in supported accommodation .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of frontline social services practitioners to identify when and where to make mental health referrals
Wider context from the report “(9) It is evident that front line social services practitioners are not always aware of when and where to make mental health referrals .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of awareness among custody medical services of out-of-hours access to Children's Services records
Wider context from the report “(3) On the basis of evidence given by ████████ Assistant Director of Fieldwork Services, Sheffield City Council, it is clear that the custody nurse could have accessed the Children's Services records for Peter on 14 July, even during the night, by calling the Social Services 'out of hours' team. Every local authority has an out of hours system (which would cover adults as well). However I am told that this is not generally known amongst those providing custody medical services .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to use previous psychiatric services information in assessment and Child in Need planning
Wider context from the report “(11) There is no system to ensure that where there has been previous psychiatric services involvement by a young person that such information will be used to inform assessment and the 'Child in Need' planning process .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Inconsistent use of the Child in Need process for homeless young people
Wider context from the report “(6) Peter was classed as 'intentionally homeless' after his release from court on 15 July. ████████ gave the court compelling evidence that this was wrong and that Peter should have been treated as a 'Child in Need'. Emphasis on the 'Child in Need' process when a young person is homeless would ensure proper assessment and sharing of information . Failures in sharing Peter's mental health history/needs were significant issues in this case . This emphasis is now standard practice in Sheffield but I understand it is not likely to be the case everywhere .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to routinely provide prisoner escort records to the Youth Offending Service
Wider context from the report “(5) A prisoner escort record (known commonly as a PER) would have been handed over from the police to the privatised court detention officers when Peter was produced before the magistrates. This contains details (inter alia) of risks, self harm issues, medical attention and warning markers. I understand that the Youth Offending Service believe that the PER should be routinely given to them it would inform assessments as to the immediate needs of the young person. This would only arise, of course, in the relatively few cases where the young person has spent a period in police cells.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of a requirement for thorough mental health assessment of young people in custody
Wider context from the report “(4) There is no specific requirement that health professionals completing assessments of young persons in custody suites include a thorough assessment of mental health .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to obtain health-professional advice about risks following previous suicidal ideation
Wider context from the report “(12) There is no system to ensure that when a young person has presented with previous suicidal ideology that advice is taken from health professionals regarding the potential risks .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Limited Youth Offending Service staff access to the Social Services records system
Wider context from the report “(10) It is understood that the number of Youth Offending Service staff who have access to, and training for, the Social Services records system is limited.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of a formal step-down process for young people leaving or disengaging from adult mental health services
Wider context from the report “(2) When young people are discharged from, or have failed to engage with, Adult Mental Health Services there is no formal 'step-down' policy . The Sheffield Child Death Overview Panel advise me that this should include a referral to a Multi Agency Support Team or Community Youth team who can then establish a key worker and 'team around the child' approach.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to provide needs-based access to mental health and subsistence support for 16- and 17-year-olds in supported accommodation
Wider context from the report “(13) There is no system to ensure that 16 and 17 year olds placed in supported accommodation have needs based access to support services, including mental health and subsistence , irrespective of whether they fall within s.20 of the Childrens Act.
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30 Jun 2014 Jake Reginald Hardy · Prevention of Future Deaths report Manchester West
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Concerns raised 12 Failure to provide detainees with the benefit and protection of a Personal Officer View source Insufficient staff understanding of vulnerable young persons’ complex needs and their causes View source Lack of a system for timely telephone contact with family during crisis or emotional need View source Night-time verbal bullying increasing self-harm and suicide risk among targeted detainees View source Unavailability of private telephone communication for detained children and young persons View source Increased risk of self-harm and suicide among vulnerable detainees with complex needs placed in Youth Offender Institutions View source Use of cells containing ligature points for detainees at risk of self-harm or suicide View source Lack of consideration of adopting safeguarding policy and procedure changes across Youth Offender Institutions View source Lack of understanding and performance oversight of Personal Officer obligations View source Insufficient staff aptitude or temperamential suitability for working with vulnerable young persons with complex needs View source Lack of a reliable system for recording and reading important wing information and outstanding tasks during Senior Officer handover View source Lack of an effective system to routinely monitor and tackle night-time verbal bullying View source See 9 more concerns
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Jake Reginald Hardy · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Jake Reginald Hardy, a 17-year-old detained at HM YOI Hindley, died on 20 January 2012 after being found partially suspended by a ligature in his cell. The report describes failures to identify, record and respond to his vulnerabilities, self-harm risk and reports of verbal bullying, including failures in safeguarding, ACCT care planning, supervision and overnight risk assessment. Concerns also included ligature points in cells, inadequate personal officer support, staff training and communication systems, and limited access to family telephone support.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to provide detainees with the benefit and protection of a Personal Officer
Wider context from the report “2. The evidence revealed an almost complete failure to provide Jake Hardy with the benefit and protection of a Personal Officer , despite a comprehensive scheme being in place. Currently the scheme is of pivotal importance for the identification and monitoring of vulnerability and risk .
There remains a concern about whether all officers at HM YOI Hindley have a sufficient understanding of this role and its importance and about the absence of any system to alert managers to any failure by a Personal Officer to meet his obligations under this scheme or to audit his performance. This concern may be of relevance to other Young Offender Institutes also.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Insufficient staff understanding of vulnerable young persons’ complex needs and their causes
Wider context from the report “1. A number of the prison staff from HM YOI Hindley who gave evidence at the inquest clearly lacked (a) any or sufficient aptitude or temperamential suitability for the demands of working with vulnerable young persons with complex needs and/or (b) any or sufficient understanding of those needs and their causes (such as the nature and effect of specific learning difficulties and the effect of abuse or neglect in childhood).
I have been told that these matters are now addressed to some extent by the Youth Justice Board and HM YOI Hindley but that further changes are being considered to the way in which prison staff working in Young Offender Institutes are recruited, screened for aptitude and trained . I report this concern so that any outstanding further steps can be considered.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of a system for timely telephone contact with family during crisis or emotional need
Wider context from the report “5. The children and young persons detained at HM YOI Hindley are provided with a weekly credit which they may use to telephone family or other approved numbers. Calls are made from a communal telephone located in the association area of a wing. Prison staff have a discretion to permit further calls to be made from an office telephone for good reason.
I was told that in-cell telephony has been introduced in newly built parts of the children and young persons’ estate but it is not available in HM YOI Hindley and other Young Offender Institutes. Currently, therefore, these detainees are not able to speak privately on the telephone and there is no sufficient system in place to ensure that a child or young person in crisis or in need of emotional support (whether by reason of being bullied or experiencing feelings of self-harm or suicide) can speak to a family member without significant delay.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Night-time verbal bullying increasing self-harm and suicide risk among targeted detainees
Wider context from the report “4. Verbal bullying by means of detainees “shouting out” at night is a common problem in HM YOI Hindley and can increase the risk of self-harm and suicide by those targeted , especially overnight. The fabric, lay-out and design of the cells in HM YOI Hindley does not remedy this problem. Further, it is difficult for the night orderly officer on duty on a wing, who is there alone, to tackle the problem effectively. There is no effective system in place to ensure that the problem is routinely monitored and tackled effectively, whether by means of additional staff or otherwise. This concern may be of relevance to other Young Offender Institutes also.
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Unavailability of private telephone communication for detained children and young persons
Wider context from the report “5. The children and young persons detained at HM YOI Hindley are provided with a weekly credit which they may use to telephone family or other approved numbers. Calls are made from a communal telephone located in the association area of a wing. Prison staff have a discretion to permit further calls to be made from an office telephone for good reason.
I was told that in-cell telephony has been introduced in newly built parts of the children and young persons’ estate but it is not available in HM YOI Hindley and other Young Offender Institutes. Currently, therefore, these detainees are not able to speak privately on the telephone and there is no sufficient system in place to ensure that a child or young person in crisis or in need of emotional support (whether by reason of being bullied or experiencing feelings of self-harm or suicide) can speak to a family member without significant delay.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Increased risk of self-harm and suicide among vulnerable detainees with complex needs placed in Youth Offender Institutions
Wider context from the report “1. It was apparent from the evidence I heard that a significant proportion of the children and young persons placed in HM YOI Hindley are vulnerable and have complex needs. This may well be true of the children and young persons placed in other Youth Offender Institutions also.
Clearly, the nature and extent of Jake Hardy’s vulnerabilities were not unusual amongst this population, with many detainees having some form of learning difficulty. I was told that other detainees are vulnerable for different reasons, for example because they have been abused or neglected or their upbringing has been adversely affected by a parent’s misuse of alcohol or drugs. Many are “looked after children”. I was also told that these detainees “complexities affect their reaction to authority and boundaries and are probably the reason they ended up in custody in the first place”.
It was also apparent that vulnerable detainees are likely to lack the emotional and intellectual maturity and resilience they may need to cope with the pressures of life in custody (such as separation from family and bullying) and that the risk of self-harm and suicide can increase in consequence. I was told that safeguarding these detainees is made more difficult by the prevalence of their volatile and unpredictable behaviour.
Overall, the evidence suggested that the placement of vulnerable children and young persons with complex needs in the environment of a Youth Offender Institute (particularly if some distance from home) does, in some cases, result in an increased risk of self-harm and suicide which it is often difficult for prison and clinical staff to manage effectively , even with the benefit of the various policies and procedures which are in place.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Use of cells containing ligature points for detainees at risk of self-harm or suicide
Wider context from the report “3. Cells containing ligature points (such as window bars) are still in use at HM YOI Hindley for detainees who have been assessed to be at risk of self-harm or suicide . This concern may be of relevance to other Young Offender Institutes also.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of consideration of adopting safeguarding policy and procedure changes across Youth Offender Institutions
Wider context from the report “2. As stated above, significant changes of policy and procedure have been introduced at HM YOI Hindley in order to address concerns raised about the identification, monitoring and protection of vulnerable children and young persons and those at risk of self-harm and suicide. It may well be that some or all of those changes would provide better protection to detainees in other Young Offender Institutes but I am not aware that consideration has been given to the adoption of these changes elsewhere in the estate .
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of understanding and performance oversight of Personal Officer obligations
Wider context from the report “2. The evidence revealed an almost complete failure to provide Jake Hardy with the benefit and protection of a Personal Officer, despite a comprehensive scheme being in place. Currently the scheme is of pivotal importance for the identification and monitoring of vulnerability and risk.
There remains a concern about whether all officers at HM YOI Hindley have a sufficient understanding of this role and its importance and about the absence of any system to alert managers to any failure by a Personal Officer to meet his obligations under this scheme or to audit his performance . This concern may be of relevance to other Young Offender Institutes also.
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Insufficient staff aptitude or temperamential suitability for working with vulnerable young persons with complex needs
Wider context from the report “1. A number of the prison staff from HM YOI Hindley who gave evidence at the inquest clearly lacked (a) any or sufficient aptitude or temperamential suitability for the demands of working with vulnerable young persons with complex needs and/or (b) any or sufficient understanding of those needs and their causes (such as the nature and effect of specific learning difficulties and the effect of abuse or neglect in childhood).
I have been told that these matters are now addressed to some extent by the Youth Justice Board and HM YOI Hindley but that further changes are being considered to the way in which prison staff working in Young Offender Institutes are recruited, screened for aptitude and trained. I report this concern so that any outstanding further steps can be considered.
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of a reliable system for recording and reading important wing information and outstanding tasks during Senior Officer handover
Wider context from the report “6. The shift patterns of Senior Officers working on the wings within HM YOI Hindley are such that they do not always overlap and handover is often by means of written entries in a “handover book”. The handover book I saw contained short notes addressing random matters and there was apparently no routine recording of a more comprehensive review of the shift. There is no system in place to ensure that important information and outstanding tasks are sufficiently recorded by one Senior Officer at the end of his shift and then read by the next Senior Officer at the start of his shift .
It was clear from the evidence that it is the Senior Officer’s responsibility to have an overview of what is happening on the wing and matters of relevance to the safeguarding of detainees housed there. Therefore, the passing of key information and outstanding tasks between Senior Officers on a wing is of real importance to the safety of detainees. This concern may be of relevance to other Young Offender Institutes also.
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of an effective system to routinely monitor and tackle night-time verbal bullying
Wider context from the report “4. Verbal bullying by means of detainees “shouting out” at night is a common problem in HM YOI Hindley and can increase the risk of self-harm and suicide by those targeted, especially overnight. The fabric, lay-out and design of the cells in HM YOI Hindley does not remedy this problem. Further, it is difficult for the night orderly officer on duty on a wing, who is there alone, to tackle the problem effectively. There is no effective system in place to ensure that the problem is routinely monitored and tackled effectively , whether by means of additional staff or otherwise. This concern may be of relevance to other Young Offender Institutes also.
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