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Bored inmates at Rochester Young Offenders' Institute are spending too much time in their cells and the few activities they have are mundane and undemanding, a report released today says.
They need to have more work to do and 'other purposeful activity' says Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, publishing the report of an announced inspection.
HMYOI Rochester holds young men aged 18 to 21. The report accepted that due to the nature of the buildings and the 'challenging behaviour' it was a difficult prison to run.
Inspectors were concerned to find that:
On the plus side the inspection found: