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Ep 659: Cookham Wood: a failing youth prison
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Ep 659: Cookham Wood: a failing youth prison

Violence is rife and some boys spend more than 100 days in solitary confinement at the young offender institution in Kent. It has had problems for years, so what can be done to fix it?

Sensemaker · The Observer

August 10, 20236m 21s

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Violence is rife and some boys spend more than 100 days in solitary confinement at the young offender institution in Kent. It has had problems for years, so what can be done to fix it?


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