Medway Secure Training Centre: Advocacy

(asked on 25th February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Barnardo's advocates are permitted to speak to children confidentially without G4S staff in attendance at Medway Secure Training Centre.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 1st March 2016

Yes. All young people have the opportunity to speak with a Barnardos advocate without a member of the Secure Training Centre staff being present. Both advocates and monitors can also speak to children confidentially without Secure Training Centre staff being present.

Young people can also contact an advocate directly by calling their helpline number, which is free and available to all children to call in privacy from their rooms.

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