Section 4. Findings
Safety and security
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Overall, more than a third (35%) of children in custody said that they had felt unsafe in their
establishment at some point. At the time of the survey, 13% of respondents said that they
were feeling unsafe. This was applicable for 30% of Traveller children, a significantly higher
proportion than non-Traveller children (12%). A significantly higher proportion of children
with a disability reported that they had ever felt unsafe (52% compared with 29% of children
without a disability), or were feeling unsafe at the time of the survey (28% compared with 8%
of children without a disability).
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While differences between perceptions of safety in STCs and YOIs were not statistically
significant, they did vary considerably between establishments. More than half of children in
the Keppel unit (55%) reported having felt unsafe there at some point, and 27% said that
they were feeling unsafe there at the time of the survey, a higher proportion than at any
other establishment.
Figure 25: Have you ever felt unsafe here?
Figure 26: Do you feel unsafe now?
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Children in Custody 2018–19
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