Section 4. Findings
Figure 35: If you get in trouble, do staff usually explain what you have done wrong?
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A significantly lower proportion of children from a black and minority ethnic background said
that staff usually let them know when their behaviour was good (38% compared with 49% of
children from a white background), or said that staff usually explained what they had done
wrong when in they were in trouble (54% compared with 70%).
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Almost two-thirds (64%) of children said that they had been physically restrained since they
had been at their establishment. Of these, 69% told us that a member of staff came to speak
to them about the restraint afterwards.
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We also asked children whether they had ever – as a punishment – been separated from
their peers by being kept locked up or stopped from mixing with other children. Overall,
nearly three in five (59%) of children said they had.
Relationships between staff and children
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Overall, less than half (46%) of the children told us that they felt cared for by most of the
staff at the establishment in which they were being held. Children from a black and minority
ethnic background were significantly less likely than children from a white background to
state that they felt cared for by most staff (35% compared with 58%).
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When comparing STCs and YOIs, significantly more children in STCs than YOIs felt cared
for by most staff (65% compared with 43%). This ranged from 80% of children at Rainsbrook
to only around a third at Werrington (33%) and Feltham (34%).
Children in Custody 2018–19
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