Young Offender Institutions: Solitary Confinement
(asked on 24th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the mental health of children in young offender institutions of being placed in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time.
This question was answered on 29th January 2020
We have made no formal assessment. The Youth Custody Service is reviewing the current model of separation of children and young people in young offender institutions.