Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 95165

Medomsley Detention Centre

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, What steps the Government has taken or plans to take to implement the recommendations of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report into abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre.

Answer

Jake Richards
The Prison and Probation Ombudsman’s investigation published on 12 November set out in stark detail the horrific abuse that boys and young men experienced at Medomsley Detention Centre (MDC). The PPO asked the Government to consider three issues – that th...

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