G4S plc: Review of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre published
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
28 July 2015
A new assessment of performance at the Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre for
young offenders has found that the centre is not an unsafe place for children.
The review of the facility by a former chief executive of the Barnardo's
children's charity, Sir Martin Narey, comes two months after the publication of
a report by an Ofsted-led inspection team, which found performance at the centre
to be inadequate.
During his three-day visit to Rainsbrook, which is managed by security company
G4S, Sir Martin was both unsupervised and unaccompanied. He was not constrained
by terms of reference and had free and unfettered access to the centre, the
staff and the children.
In his conclusions Sir Martin, said:
"The inspectorate conclusion was that in February of this year, at the time of
the inspection, Rainsbrook was an inadequate institution and an unsafe place for
children. I do not believe that. My assessment is that it is an institution in
which some very challenging children are treated overwhelmingly well. The staff
group, drawn from many professional backgrounds, is professional.
"That is not to suggest that the Inspectorate's recommendations for improvement
should not be accepted. They are uncontroversial and I take very little issue
with them. But I don't believe the inadequacies those improvements address,
mean that Rainsbrook is, or was in February, an unsafe place for children."
Managing Director for G4S Children's Services, Paul Cook, said:
"Rainsbrook has delivered either 'good' or 'outstanding' results for the past
16 years and the latest inspection report had a profound impact on everyone
connected with the centre. I welcome the reassurance Sir Martin's report brings
to parents, partners and our customer the Youth Justice Board about the safety
for young people at Rainsbrook and I urge inspectors to come back at their
earliest opportunity to check on our progress."
G4S asked Sir Martin to provide an assessment of the establishment after
publication of the Ofsted report in May 2015 as part of measures to address
inspectors' concerns. Subsequently, both the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and the
Ministry of Justice expressed an interest in his assessment and, with the
company's agreement, the report is today being submitted to the YJB.
Ends
For further information please contact media manager Michael Baker on
020 7963 3171 / 07711 785 303 or michael.baker(at)g4s.com.
Notes to Editors:
* Sir Martin Narey's full report can be accessed here.
* Sir Martin spent thirty years in public service, primarily working with
offenders. He was Director General of the Prison Service of England and
Wales and he has also been a permanent secretary at the Home Office, managed
the Probation Service and was the government's principal advisor on criminal
and sentencing policy.
* Sir Martin was chief executive of Barnardo's between 2005 and 2011.
* Sir Martin visited Rainsbrook in late June 2015. G4S will compensate him for
days worked and his expenses but have exercised no control over his report.
* G4S recently called for inspectors to return to Rainsbrook to check on
progress and released a film of the centre team talking about their work.
About G4S
G4S is the world's leading secure outsourcing group, specialising in outsourcing
of business processes in sectors where security and safety risks are considered
a strategic threat.
G4S is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a
secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S has operations in more than
125 countries and over 620,000 employees.
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