Medway secure training centre
Pain-inflicting techniques continue to be used on children in a young offenders institute, the latest Ofsted inspection has found, despite a serious case review and a BBC Panorama expose.
Medway Secure Training Centre in Rochester, Kent, remains inadequate after inspectors' "serious concerns".
Children "are at risk of harm", and one was prevented from accessing hospital treatment after self-harming.
One area, children's education, was deemed to be good by inspectors.
A Ministry of Justice (MOJ) spokesperson, said: "Medway holds some of the most challenging young people in the country and our staff work tirelessly to keep them safe - but, given safety is our priority, this is a disappointing report and we need to do more."
Children's health, their resettlement, how well they are protected and the effectiveness of leaders all required improvement or were inadequate.
Despite three Ofsted inspections since 2017, the report out this week found managers failed to implement recommendations and the quality of practice has declined.
'Unacceptable'
The use of force has increased "significantly", with approximately two incidents every day - nearly half of which were in response to a child self-harming.
Ofsted has told centre staff to immediately stop their use of pain-inflicting techniques while physically restraining children.
For full article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-50820062
