Annex C—Youth Offender Institutions
"Traffic Light" reports
C.1 The following tables are monthly reports
from September 2000, March 2002 and September 2002 on the performance
of Young Offenders Institutions (YOIs) in the juvenile estate
against standards issued by the Prison Service.
C.2 The categories of measures are grouped
as follows:
— Critical incidents. The first
four indicators show instances of critical incidents. The aim
is to have all these register as "0".
— Quantitative Measures. The
next five indicators are colour coded for ease of recognition.
Green indicates the standard is being met; amber indicates there
is cause for further interest as the indicator is missed but by
less than a set range; and red indicates there is a problem as
the indicator is being missed by more than the set range.
— Service Credits. The last
two columns show the amount of service credits (fines) levied
on individual Prison Service establishments; one is an absolute
figure for the relevant month and the other shows the change on
the previous month.
C.3 The three monthly reports produced here
give an indication of the progress on performance since the introduction
of the Board's responsibilities for the juvenile secure estate.
The tables indicate that considerable progress was made in performance
between September 2000 and March 2002. However, there has been
deterioration in performance between March 2002 and September
2002 following an increase in the numbers of juveniles held in
the YOI estate.
C.4 Further to the monitoring reports, the
10 key targets set for juvenile facilities by the Board are set
out below:
KEY
TARGETS FOR
SECURE FACILITIES
2002-03
1. Information
to Yots
If young people arrive without an ASSET or pre-sentence
report, follow up action must be taken within one hour and the
young person managed as vulnerable until the information is obtained
from the Yot.
2. Report information
gaps
Each secure facility to notify YJB by 12.00
noon the day after reception if the ASSET/pre-sentence report
for a young person is not received by then.
3. Time out of
room
95% of young people to spend less than 14 hours
locked in their room by March 2003.
4. Hours of education
and training
95% of young people to receive 15 hours a week
education, training or employment during 2002-03.
5. Literacy and
Numeracy
All young people entering secure facilities
to be tested for literacy and numeracy with 80% of young people
on DTOs of six months or more improving by one skill level or
more in literacy and/or numeracy by March 2004.
6. Continuing
education
90% of young people to be in full-time education
or training by the end of their custodial term by 2004.
7. Reception
All young people to be assessed by a clinician
on reception including for drug and alcohol use and dependence
in reception.
8. Substance abuse
All secure facilities to have written protocols
dealing with substance withdrawal by young people in their care
by end of 2002.
9. Training planning
All training planning meetings to be carried
out in line with national standards and to include establishment
education staff by September 2002.
10. National standards
Secure facilities to meet national standards
by September 2002.
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