The centre in Rochester in Kent, has been used to detain boys aged between 15 and 17.

YOI Cookham Wood to be turned into adult prison after safety concerns for youths

An HM prisons inspector found a "near total breakdown in behaviour management" at Cookham Wood - and called for a "concerted and urgent response".

'Serious concerns' for safety of children at young offender institution

The Cookham Wood inspection revealed boys were not kept safe and didn't get good enough care.

Youth prison report found 200 weapons and solitary confinement

Credit: ITV Meridian Cookham Wood prison 

Inspectors spoke to boys who said they had almost no human contact at all in days and had tried to stick up photos of home with toothpaste on the walls.

Inspection finds 'appalling' conditions at young offender institution

There's been a rise in the number of attacks at a prison for young offenders.

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YOI Cookham Wood to be turned into adult prison after safety concerns for youths

'Serious concerns' for safety of children at young offender institution

Youth prison report found 200 weapons and solitary confinement

Inspection finds 'appalling' conditions at young offender institution

Rise in the number of attacks at teen jail