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| Youth prison investigated after five inmates suffer broken bones |
| By theguardian.com - Eric Allison |
| Published: 09/23/2013 |
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The largest youth prison in the country has been under investigation after five teenage inmates suffered broken bones while being restrained, documents leaked to the Guardian show. The injuries took place at Hindley young offenders' institution near Wigan between 2009 and 2011. The prison holds more than 400 male inmates aged between 15 and 18. In one instance at the prison, handcuffs were placed on a boy, despite a nurse writing on his medical notes that officers should refrain from using restraints on his left wrist because of a "possible fracture". In another incident, the force used on a 16-year-old was the subject of two investigations which were never published, but are part of documents seen by the Guardian. They show that in March 2011, the teenager had refused to go to his room. Two prison officers say he grabbed a broom handle and threatened them with it, but an ombudsman's report said that CCTV evidence clearly shows the boy "put his hand on the broom handle for a fraction of a second and almost immediately took his hand away from it". Read More. |
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