HIQA Inspection Report on Oberstown Children Detention Campus (2023)
21st February 2024
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today, 21 February 2024, published an inspection report on Oberstown Children Detention Campus.
An announced inspection was carried out in Oberstown Children Detention Campus across three days between 12 and 14 September 2023, which focused on the rules in relation to young people’s care, offending behaviour, restrictive practices, safeguarding, authority to suspend rules and staffing, management and governance. Of the six rules assessed as part of this inspection, one was compliant, two were substantially compliant and three were non-compliant.
It was reported that staff vacancies have adversely impacted the care of children detained at the Oberstown Children Detention Campus.
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