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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/concerns-raised-over-stripsearches.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Teenagers are being routinely strip-searched in a young offenders' institution" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-concerns-raised-over-stripsearches.jpg" alt="Teenagers are being routinely strip-searched in a young offenders' institution"/></a></p>
<p>Teenagers are being routinely strip-searched in a young offenders&#8217; institution despite inspectors recommending that the practice should be stopped, a report has said.</p>
<p>Nick Hardwick, the chief inspector of prisons, said it was &#8220;disappointing that routine strip-searching remained in place&#8221; at Wetherby Young Offenders&#8217; Institution in West Yorkshire, which houses more than 300 boys and men aged 15-18.</p>
<p>All the teenagers who were admitted and discharged were strip-searched without any risk-assessment taking place first and despite the introduction of Body Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs, the inspectors said.</p>
<p>A previous recommendation that the practice should be stopped had not been put in place, they said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Strip-searches were still carried out without risk assessments,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Routine strip-searching took place in reception for young people arriving and departing despite the introduction of a Boss chair and wand detector in reception.&#8221;</p>
<p>The institution also failed to stop mandatory drug testing and &#8220;all young people still had to undergo strip-searching as a matter of routine&#8221;, the inspectors said. In the future, strip-searches should only be used where it &#8220;is necessary to prevent the risk of harm to the young person and other&#8221;, they said.</p>
<p>The report, based on a follow-up inspection in August, also found &#8220;the use of force was not limited to situations where there was an immediate threat to safety&#8221;.</p>
<p>There were 285 incidents where force was used between January and July this year, with 70% of these relating to &#8220;low level fights and assaults&#8221;. But in three in 20 incidents, the force was used simply &#8220;to gain compliance with establishment rules&#8221;.</p>
<p>The inspectors said: &#8220;The use of force should only be used as a last resort and where there is immediate risk to safety and not merely to obtain compliance.&#8221;</p>
<p>A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman added: &#8220;Restraint is only ever used by staff as a last resort when a young person&#8217;s behaviour puts themselves or others at serious risk. During such incidents the interests and safety of everyone involved &#8211; the young person, other young people, staff and visitors &#8211; are considered.&#8221;</p>
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