A Youth Custody Service spokesperson said: “Two members of staff were injured following an attack by a young offender at HMYOI Wetherby with one receiving treatment in hospital.

Accident Claims obtained figures showing that prison staff claims against HMYOI Wetherby have cost over £500k since 2019. Prison staff work in a harsh environment and are exposed to stressful ...

Poppy Bulmer, from Goole, uses her love for sport and fitness to help rehabilitate young people at Wetherby Young Offenders Institution (YOI) on a daily basis. However, she’s putting her own ...

In the worst cases, on some days, children did not leave their cell at all; essentially in solitary confinement. The header image above is reproduced from the inspectorate report and shows a ...

Pic: Andy Aitchison, ©PrisonImage A report released yesterday into HMYOI Wetherby has raised serious concerns after it found high levels of self-harm within the institution, an overuse of ...

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons’ thematic review of outcomes for girls in custody and the independent review of progress at HMYOI Wetherby and ...

Catherine Porter, Chair of Wetherby IMB, said: Wetherby continues to hold young people with very complex needs, now including girls. It is not well served by the services that should exist to address ...

The largest young offender institution in the country is besieged by unstable leadership and children are left to spend 18 hours a day in their cells with nothing to do. The findings were released ...

Based at HMYOI Wetherby, In2Out offers resettlement support to young men aged 15-21 years old, leaving prison and returning to communities, across the North of England and in 2022 - the Midlands.