Report on Northants children's prison finds rise in violent incidents

Inspection reveals that Rainsbrook secure training centre, run by US firm MTCnovo, saw 500 incidents where harm was inflicted in six months

Levels of violent incidents and use of force by staff have increased at a privately run child jail, according to a report by inspectors. The jail was sold off by G4S last year after allegations of abuse of children by staff were the subject of investigations by the BBC’s Panorama and the Guardian.

The report on Rainsbrook secure training centre (STC) in Northamptonshire, now run by US firm MTCnovo, revealed almost 500 violent incidents in a six-month period. This breaks down into an average of 40 assaults against young people, 36 assaults against staff and seven fights each month at the centre, which holds just 58 children.

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