Section 4. Findings Figure 3: Did you feel safe on your first night? 4.26 When asked about whether they had been told everything they needed to know about life at the establishment within their first few days there, 61% of children said they had. A significantly higher proportion of children in STCs than YOIs said they had received all necessary information (72% compared with 58%). However, only two in five girls held in STCs (39%) reported this, compared with more than three- quarters of boys in the same establishments (76%). Living conditions 4.27 Just over two-fifths (43%) of children reported that they felt the temperature of their room or cell was about right and under a half (49%) said it was normally quiet enough for them to relax or sleep at night. Three-quarters of children (75%) said they had clean sheets every week, although children from black and minority ethnic backgrounds were significantly less likely to report this than children from white backgrounds (69% compared with 82%). 4.28 Less than two-thirds (63%) of children reported that they could shower daily. However, a significantly higher proportion of children held in STCs reported that they could shower daily than those in YOIs (93% compared with 57%) and there was a lot of variation between individual establishments, with almost all children at Cookham Wood (98%), the Keppel unit (97%), and Medway (97%) saying they could shower every day, compared with less than a third (28%) at Feltham.16 16 26 There are in-cell showers at Cookham Wood and the Keppel unit, and at all STCs. Children in Custody 2018–19

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