Figures from the Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service show there were 159 full-time equivalent prison officers working at Cookham Wood Prison as of March 31. This meant the ...

Picture: Mike Gunnill Cookham Wood is closing and will be opened as an adult prison later this year. Picture: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons “This is why we are announcing plans to move them to ...

According to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons ... full and held 77 boys Young offender institution Cookham Wood is to be repurposed as an adult prison after facing criticism over its "violent ...

A former young offender institution in Kent is to be ‘repurposed’ as an adult prison in the wake of riots across the country, the government has announced. HMP Cookham Wood will reopen ‘in ...

Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, said: “Rochester has been a prison of concern for many ... Wandsworth and Cookham Wood YOI. Prisons and probation minister Lord Timpson said ...

A weapon made by a child being held at Cookham Wood (HM Inspectorate of Prisons ... concerted and long-term commitment” from prison leaders to improve standards, Mr Taylor said: “These ...

Cookham Wood has 'no clear violence reduction strategy', inspectors found. Picture: Peter Crane Following their visit in April this year HM Inspectorate of prisons found the number of violent ...

A weapon made by a child being held at Cookham Wood (HM Inspectorate of Prisons ... As he called for “urgent, concerted and long-term commitment” from prison leaders to improve standards, Mr Taylor ...

“These findings would be deeply troubling in any prison, but given that Cookham Wood holds children, they were completely unacceptable. “As a result, I had no choice but to write to the ...