Bolstered support to include strengthened safeguarding and staff training
Extra investment in healthcare provision and mental health support
New leadership team appointed with extensive youth custody experience
The centre in Milton Keynes, operated by G4S, was issued an Urgent Notification in July by Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, and the Care Quality Commission. The report detailed living conditions below standard, inadequate mental health support and poor safeguarding systems.
The Youth Custody Service has today (28 August) published a detailed action plan to urgently address these concerns. Developed in partnership with G4S, the plan seeks to fundamentally improve safety and standards at the centre.
This includes G4S installing a new leadership structure and a Governing Gover