Report: Youths detained indoors for days

Children may have had no fresh air for over a week while being separated from others at Oberstown detention centre, inspectors have found.

Records at the centre for young offenders suggest at least two children who were on single separation had no fresh air or outdoor exercise for seven or eight days.

The lack of robust oversight and monitoring by managers of incidents in which children spent prolonged periods in single separation, prompted Health Information and Quality Authority inspectors to find major non-compliance with care standards at Oberstown.