Girl at YOI Wetherby was twice stripped by male officers, watchdog says

Charities have called for all female offenders to be removed from YOI Wetherby. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/Guardian

An “incredibly vulnerable” girl held in a young offender institution was pinned down and stripped by an all-male group of officers on at least two occasions, a watchdog has discovered.

Charities have called for all female offenders to be removed from YOI Wetherby in West Yorkshire after the damning disclosure by the chief inspector of prisons.