Youth Justice Services in Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:56 pm on 5 December 2018.

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Photo of Alun Davies Alun Davies Labour 2:56, 5 December 2018

I have visited HMP Parc and the youth offenders institution within the prison, and I have discussed these matters with the director there. Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service have confirmed that there are behavioural management analysts in Parc who are working towards reducing self-harm and violence within the prison. However, I believe we need to go further than this. I believe that we need a distinct penal policy for Wales, which looks, in the first instance, at the issues around youth offending and female offending, and that we need to look at investment within the secure estate but also, critically, at a holistic approach to policy that seeks to reduce offending, to enhance rehabilitation and to ensure that women particularly are not treated in the way they are today.