Youth Custody: Cameras
(asked on 25th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his Department's policy that all prison officers in youth facilities should wear body-mounted cameras.
This question was answered on 4th March 2016
The safety and welfare of young people in custody is vital and we take all incidents of violence extremely seriously.
A pilot of Body Worn Video Cameras (BWVCs) is currently taking place across 23 prisons, including Cookham Wood, Feltham and Wetherby under -18 Young Offender Institutions.
BWVCs are already in use at all Secure Training Colleges (STCs).