0:00:02 > 0:00:03This programme contains strong language
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Each year, we lock up 2,000 school-age children.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Vinney Green locks up the youngest and the most troubled.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The kids no-one else can tame.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Some of them are very difficult, very challenging.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Fuck your mum!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Some of them are very dangerous.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Whether they're a danger to each other...
0:00:32 > 0:00:35They're making threats to kill everybody,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37threatening to stab the bitches that work at the unit.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41..or a danger to themselves, and sent here for their own protection.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44I happened to go into her bedroom this time
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and found she'd put a ligature around her neck.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Are you scared?
0:00:49 > 0:00:55They do need a rub of the head, just that motherly sort of touch.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00That might surprise some people but they are only children.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03These three boys started getting into serious trouble
0:01:03 > 0:01:05when they were just nine.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Kalem faces the prospect of spending his teenage years behind bars.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I'm locked up for a reason.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15He's got to get a grip on his anger.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22This is Kieran's second time here but it's only for a few weeks.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Ain't he an annoying little kid?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28He's misbehaving, he's got nothing to lose.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32And Tali's just arrived for the first time.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35This is where I first came into the unit in handcuffs.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39They took me into that room and strip searched me.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44He's got a long way to go to learn how to behave himself.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Vinney Green, is called a children's home
0:01:47 > 0:01:49but for these boys, it feels like a prison.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55In Britain, the law says that children can be held responsible for their crimes.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Whether locking them up to punish them or change them, this is where the youngest are sent.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I'm not going in there!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I want to go into my room. Now!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12This is Vinney Green.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13This is where you come in.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I've been here the longest out of everyone, really.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Kalem's been at Vinney Green for eight months.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24He was sent here just after his 13th birthday.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29You can't open the doors yourself, you have to have a member of staff with you all the time.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31They open the door with keys.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35This is where we get searched if you're staying with us.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40You sit on that chair to see if you've got any metal stuck up your arse.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44This is the way you go to school.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47This is the lounge on the side.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50That's a rapist, he's a prick.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55The kind of crimes that young people are here for,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58can be anything from carrying a bladed article,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00a firearm, could be arson,
0:03:00 > 0:03:05assault, violence against a person, sometimes robbery and burglary.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Could be sexual offences, could be even kidnap and murder.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Or they've committed multiple offences
0:03:13 > 0:03:16where responses in the community haven't worked.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19In the end, someone's gone, "enough is enough."
0:03:19 > 0:03:24You have the welfare young people who are here for their own safety.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27People are not here to be punished
0:03:27 > 0:03:32but young people are here as a punishment or to keep them safe.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Can we have some sweets? Give me the bag.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Munch those in your hand. - How can I put them in my fucking mouth, you dickhead?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41This is the astro.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I love the astro.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46My lace is undone.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52This is where, on Sundays and sometimes on Wednesdays or Saturdays
0:03:52 > 0:03:54they play a football match.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59Cameras keeping an eye on you, make sure you don't escape.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02If there's a fight and they both got different stories,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05they check the cameras to see what's right.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09If I was to assault another YP,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12the member of staff would have to press that flare.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17All spare members of staff would come out here and stop the fight
0:04:17 > 0:04:19and restrain us if possible.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Kieran is also 13, but he's been here before.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Being locked up once hasn't stopped him from getting into trouble again.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Fuck off.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39He was bullied the last time he was at the unit,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43so Kieran is sent straight to the block for girls and vulnerable boys.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I was laughing at him and he started bullying me.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48You know what I used to call him?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Big, fat fucking bully, all the time.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52"Shut the fuck up, you big, fat, fucking bully."
0:04:55 > 0:05:00He's quickly adopted by Charlie, one of eight girls in the unit.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02She's become his surrogate big sister.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Kieran's got an endearing character.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08He's got a likeable way about him.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Quite young and...
0:05:12 > 0:05:16..therefore can be quite irritating at times.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Winga, winga, winga, winga, oom...
0:05:18 > 0:05:20'He's a cheeky chappy.'
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Ain't he annoying? - You're being silly now.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Ain't he an annoying little kid?
0:05:26 > 0:05:31He is only 13, that is very young to be away from your family
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and be in an environment like this.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36But Kieran's only going to be here for a short time,
0:05:36 > 0:05:40so the unit have to decide what they can realistically achieve with him.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Ah!- 'When a young person comes to the unit in the first place,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46'we're looking at lots of different factors.'
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Part of it is to do with how long someone's going to be here.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Sometimes people are here literally for a few days.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57So when someone comes in, we assess them educationally ourselves,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59we look at their literacy and numeracy needs.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Often, it's frustrating
0:06:01 > 0:06:04because we don't know how long someone's going to be here.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Smile, you're on candid camera.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Shut the fuck up or I'll stab you in the neck.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17They have more time with 14-year-old Tali, who's only just arrived.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20'We've got a new young person, Tali.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22'He's in for a few months with us.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24'It's his first time in secure.'
0:06:24 > 0:06:26This is where I first came in the unit,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31in handcuffs and they took me into that room and they strip searched me.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35The ceilings are all the way up there so you can't climb.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39The walls are so far apart so you can't just jump on it and climb up.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41That's the control room.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45This is where the staff talk shit to each other and eat biscuits.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Tali spent much of his childhood moving around
0:06:48 > 0:06:52and his disruptive behaviour hasn't been helped by smoking cannabis.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54He's come to us without a great deal of school before.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57He's quite excitable.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Three weeks in and Tali is finding it impossible to settle down.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06As the kids move to lessons, he can't resist provoking one of them.
0:07:17 > 0:07:24Every time Tali kicks off, he's taken back to his room until he calms down.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26They're always around me, every second.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32It makes me feel...
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I don't know, it doesn't feel good.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Your door's locked, you can only go somewhere with the staff.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43You can't go nowhere by yourself or nothing.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I'm not a guy that likes people around me 24/7.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I'm a guy that likes being free, so it's hard for me, isn't it?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57It's Lyn's job at the unit to help the kids fit in
0:07:57 > 0:07:59and she's trying to find a way to control Tali.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Her first step is to discover more about him.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Shut up!
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- Can you take your hands out of your trousers please, Tali? - Look, it's here. It's not...
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Take your hands out of your trousers.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17It won't drop off, honestly. Thank you. Goodness' sake.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19What are you good at?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Art.- Art? What sort of art do you like?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- All sorts.- All sorts of art.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27OK. What subject do you find the most difficult?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- English.- English. That's a really sensible answer.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Anything else you'd like to do in these one-to-one lessons we have?
0:08:35 > 0:08:40- Just do some reading, writing. - Biscuits, tea and biscuits.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42That's a bit of luxury isn't it?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Tea and biscuits. - Tea and biscuits.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48I'll write it down, it's not going to happen. but I'll write it down.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49What's the point of writing it down?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Because you've requested it. That's good, well done.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56He's quite flighty, shall we say.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58He needs to work on his social skills.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01He tends to wind the other young people up a bit.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04But I think we can tame him.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Morning.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Right, get your arse out of bed.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Oi! Get yourself out of bed, now!
0:09:15 > 0:09:18It's 7 o'clock in the morning
0:09:18 > 0:09:22and all 24 kids have been locked up in their bedrooms for 10 hours.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27For the next 14 hours, their every move will be monitored.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Right. OK.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32There are over 90 staff,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36enough to make sure they're supervising the children every moment of the day.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And twice a day, teachers, care staff and managers
0:09:40 > 0:09:45meet to analyse the kids' behaviour and discuss the risks they pose.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Both times he's restrained, he's gone for the eyes.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53I'd suggest you try and get in behind if anything does happen,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57so he can't get his hands on you. Just be aware of that.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03This attention to detail means they can keep tabs on the kids' progress.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Kalem, then? - Really good, he's on silver. - He worked well this week.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12He shook my hand, "I'm on silver." He put his hand out.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18There are compulsory lessons for 6 hours, 51 weeks of the year.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22They spend longer in school here than if they were in school outside.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Mostly, we regulate what they do.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26That's it, good man. Well done. Good technique.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29We try to give them lots of different activities,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33so they don't get bored, but actually we tell them what to do.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36But this all adds up.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42It costs £4 million pounds every year, just to run the facilities.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Kalem's been here for 9 months.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Despite his ups and downs, he's trusted to learn skills in the vocational unit.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53'Kalem's an interesting young man. Very likeable some days, very not likeable other days,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58'Very mature some times, very immature other times.'
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- What did he do?- Stop sniffing it.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08'Kalem is quite susceptible to negative behaviour.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12'He gets drawn into it by his own free will.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15'He could easily back out of it and he wouldn't lose any credibility.'
0:11:15 > 0:11:19# Don't worry, be happy... #
0:11:20 > 0:11:23'Definitely a child in there, screaming.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26'and sometimes, you see him now and again.'
0:11:27 > 0:11:32Aware of his violent past - Kalem did seriously injure somebody -
0:11:32 > 0:11:36the staff are always on the look out for any sign of dangerous or volatile behaviour.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Once lessons are over, they can choose their activities.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Even then, there's a member of staff there,
0:11:53 > 0:11:58but it's at this time when things can spiral out of control very quickly.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09The care worker watching Kalem can't stop what started as a tiny push
0:12:09 > 0:12:12escalating into a dangerous row.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22She presses her emergency flare
0:12:22 > 0:12:27and within 20 seconds, more staff arrive to stop the fight.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33The culprits are physically restrained and taken to their rooms,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36but this has now become a critical incident.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45This is very serious. One of those on the head, it could kill you.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I mean, a pool ball at full force on the head, it could kill you.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54And here they are, it's gone from being a bit of a...
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Messing around to actually a really serious incident
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and it's gone just like that. No real warning at all.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Absolutely flipped, just like that Kalem's got an anger issue.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10That comes out clearly here. Very suddenly, he flips out, if you like.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15You wouldn't want to be seeing incidents like this just before somebody was released.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16That would be a real worry.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20He's got quite a long time to go before he leaves from here.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23One would hope that there's quite some improvement
0:13:23 > 0:13:25and that we don't see incidents like this.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It's not what you want to see at all.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Kalem is locked in his room.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37He receives a red card and loses all his privileges.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41He's banned from all his favourite activities.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47And he's not allowed to do vocational courses for 48 hours.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Car mechanics, plumbing and building.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It's going to slop everywhere!
0:13:52 > 0:13:58The power to the TV and CD player in his bedroom is switched off too.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03The unit is run on a strict system of rewards and sanctions.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05The more points, the more privileges.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Oh, Kalem, man...
0:14:07 > 0:14:11And Kalem will have to earn the right to these rewards all over again.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13'You get points for going to school,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16'you get points for doing as you're told to by the staff,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19'you get points for cleaning your room, for attending all the meals.'
0:14:20 > 0:14:23'As people earn more trust, more honesty,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26'they get given a little bit more.'
0:14:26 > 0:14:31When you're blue, all you get is a radio...
0:14:31 > 0:14:33and you get £3.60 pocket money.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38And when you're on silver, you get £4.50 pocket money
0:14:38 > 0:14:42and a radio and a TV and a phone.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47And when you're on gold, you get a radio, a plasma TV,
0:14:47 > 0:14:53you get PlayStation 3, a takeaway and you get to watch movies.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59INTERVIEWER: What are you on?
0:14:59 > 0:15:04I'm on individual, cos I can't do a whole week of being good,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06cos it's hard for me.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14As far as possible, the staff try to persevere with the daily routine,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17even when faced with persistently bad behaviour.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24But Tali, who had a troubled history at school,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28is finding it particularly hard, even after 5 weeks at the unit.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34And small incidents easily escalate.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Alarm!
0:15:38 > 0:15:44It takes 30 seconds from the moment the flare is pressed for 12 members of staff to arrive.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48This time, no-one is hurt.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I don't touch you, I'll slap your face.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53I ain't going!
0:15:55 > 0:15:56All right, then.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Chill out for a bit. I'm going to talk to the teacher.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13It's all fun. He's having a funny five minutes today.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16'I think people are taking the line that they need
0:16:16 > 0:16:19'to come down quickly and firmly so we get the right boundaries in place.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24'But that at the same time, recognising he hasn't been given those boundaries before,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27'This is the place for him to learn them.'
0:16:28 > 0:16:32When I was little, I didn't have my Mum around or anything.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I was living with my Dad for a little while.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37That's when it all started going wrong.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Cos I used to go on the streets and that.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I started mixing with the wrong people.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45They was telling me to steal stuff and stuff like that that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I was little, I didn't really know what was what then.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53- INTERVIEWER: How about the first time you got caught? - For graffitiing on the wall.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55But I was a bit stupid, cos I writ my name.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'm going to put this on my door.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05It's me, with my hood up and something over my face.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Despite the incident, Tali's put back into class just 2 hours later.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Because he's being so difficult,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20he's given some individual time with a teacher.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28But even one-to-one classes are a struggle.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44'He doesn't like to be challenged.'
0:17:44 > 0:17:47He threatened to spit at me, grabbed a chair, chucked it,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49not at me, it obviously wasn't supposed to be at me,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52cos I was here and he chucked it over here.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57I thought, "I don't know how far this is going to go, so I'll press the flare just in case."
0:17:57 > 0:18:00What's gone wrong with you today, man?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03'I wasn't actually scared.'
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I sometimes press the flare before the moment where I might get scared.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10You do start to learn which kids do need the time out.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15You're not necessarily in trouble, but you need to be out of here, cos you're not going to cope.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17He's back in his room again,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20while the other kids carry on with their lessons.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I'm always optimistic. You have to be.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26If you weren't, it would drag you down.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30But realistic, it's a short time to try and turn someone's learned behaviour
0:18:30 > 0:18:35over 12, 14 years around. So, tricky one.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42'The vast bulk of young people are the product of where they came from.
0:18:42 > 0:18:48'Some of the young people have been involved in gangs, or family was involved in crime.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53'All of those things, they contribute towards what a young person is like, here and now.'
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Urgh!
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Kieran's not the first one in his family to be locked up.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02His dad and his brother have both been inside.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06'It's amazing the amount of kids whose dads have all been in prison. It's really common.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10'And alcohol and drugs usually come into it, somewhere along the line.'
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Thanks, Carol.- "Thanks, Carol." Nah!
0:19:13 > 0:19:19'I don't think there's hardly any who have just been...
0:19:19 > 0:19:23'wrong place wrong time, which is sad cos they're just a product
0:19:23 > 0:19:26of circumstances, as possibly their parents are before.'
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I finished a box today for my brother.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34It's for making rollies.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Special rollies.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Kieran was very young when he started getting into trouble,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41like most kids at Vinney Green.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I started being naughty when I was about nine.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Got caught trying to nick a push bike from outside Asdas.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Oh, and a burglary. I went in there when someone was in the house,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55put my hand through the letterbox, got into the house,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58drove to another house, another burglary.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06PS3, XBox 360, two laptops, a couple of iPods, a few phones...
0:20:06 > 0:20:07HE WHISTLES
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Just being a thief, really.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15But his parents are trying hard to keep him on the straight and narrow.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19My mum and dad don't agree with what I do. They think it's wrong.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23They try their hardest to keep me out of trouble and stuff.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Kieran will be returning to his family soon.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33But Tali has a while to go.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38He's been here for six weeks and still struggles with the discipline.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43He hasn't managed to control his behaviour and the 200 CCTV cameras
0:20:43 > 0:20:46are there to record his every wrong move.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55One bit of food thrown at Tali is enough to set him off again.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00As Tali's behaviour continues to deteriorate,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04his collection of red cards continues to grow.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08You've got Tali in a fight with another young person,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Tali grabbing a young person and giving them a kick,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Tali kicking a member of staff,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Tali throwing toast at a member of staff.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18So lots of different triggers.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21It's not one young person, it's not one member of staff,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24He's falling out with everyone at the moment.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27What it will mean is no power on in your room at night,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29so you can't listen to your music or watch TV.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32And that will lead to frustration with him in itself,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36so we need to get a grip on this and do something about it quickly.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58There is one place where there are no cameras monitoring them - the young people's bedrooms.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03And for Kalem, his room is his pride and joy.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05But it's not completely private.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Every day, five bedrooms are randomly searched
0:22:08 > 0:22:11while the children are down the corridor at school.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Matches, tips...
0:22:19 > 0:22:24The staff are checking for items known as contraband that have been smuggled in...
0:22:24 > 0:22:26What's that? That shouldn't be here.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29..or weapons hidden by the children.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Bits of plastic. - She's like the sniffer dog!
0:22:32 > 0:22:35See, that can be used as a weapon.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37There's a little...
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It's a little shank made of wood. We find them on room searches.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45It shows you the type of people we're dealing with and the things they come out with.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48But sometimes it gets a bit more dangerous than that
0:22:48 > 0:22:52in as much as we get a bit of marble inside a sock
0:22:52 > 0:22:56and they would try and hit somebody over the head with that.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Another toothbrush, sharpened up at the point.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02You can make another shank with the toilet brush,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06just by rubbing it on the stone. Very industrious young people!
0:23:11 > 0:23:15It's been a few weeks since any violent outburst from Kalem.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18The Vinney Green method is to involve the kids
0:23:18 > 0:23:22in activities as much as they can, even if they carry a risk.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I'm fine, man, come on!
0:23:25 > 0:23:29So because his behaviour has improved, and despite his history of violence,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Kalem is allowed back into the most dangerous place in the unit -
0:23:33 > 0:23:34the DT suite.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38I know what I'm doing, man, just fuck off!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I'm doing a fucking wonky white line!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42OK, do you want to take the guard off, then?
0:23:42 > 0:23:47No, I don't want to. Leave it on, man, what a fucking dickhead.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Move out my way.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50It's got to be low.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52I know what I'm fucking doing!
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- It has to be low, Kalem. - I know what I'm doing, man.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58It has to be low. It has to be low.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59I can't see what I'm doing now.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Well, crouch down a bit, then. Put the goggles on.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10It has to be low.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12All right, well go on then, move then.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Fuck off, then. The goggles are on, man!
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Don't leave it that high.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Kalem... Stop!
0:24:27 > 0:24:29'Kalem sometimes feels he's not being listened to.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33'He gets frustrated very quickly, and when he gets frustrated,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35'he loses it momentarily.'
0:24:35 > 0:24:39What the fuck is sandpaper for?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42To sand things down?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45It doesn't pay to be confrontational with him,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47it just winds the whole situation up.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49OK, goggles down here...
0:24:50 > 0:24:52You have to wear goggles.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56'That could have continued but he did settle down quite quickly afterwards.'
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I mean, look...
0:24:58 > 0:25:02What, man?
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Since I got here, I made this. A crib for my niece, who I adore.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11I made a clock for my mum, with flowers on.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15'He's very family-orientated, he misses them a lot.'
0:25:15 > 0:25:20He's still a child, he's very young and beyond the veneer,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24I think he's actually quite vulnerable and needs to feel safe
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and wants to be wanted.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Come on, Brazil!
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Yeah!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Today we're going to see a member of staff.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Can you keep a secret?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Depends what it is.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Where's that come from?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03From John.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Does he know?- No. - That's a bit rough.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10It's not. Shhh. Shut up, man.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Well, it'll have to go back.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- He had four of them! - Yeah, but he'll want it back.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I trusted you to keep a secret and now you're a fucking grass.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24They search the fucking room and they take the piss, look.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27The clothes won't even dry like that.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Have you ever seen such a tidy room in all your life?
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I've seen it fucking tidier,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35they went and fucking searched my room and fucked it up.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37All my jumpers...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39You put those there.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43I didn't put them like they were, I put them like this.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48I know how to keep things.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53When we do room searches,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55we find very interesting things in Kalem's room.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58He does it to entertain himself, to be honest.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01He showed me where it was earlier but he had to be back in assembly,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04so it's better to get him back off to his lesson
0:27:04 > 0:27:08and come and remove it later
0:27:08 > 0:27:12than let him kick off and get all cross before his lesson.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16He just wants it to decorate his room and...
0:27:16 > 0:27:18that's pretty normal behaviour, isn't it?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20But he's stolen it, rather than asking for it,
0:27:20 > 0:27:25so that's not normal behaviour, so it'll go back.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30He won't be happy with me later. He'll call me a snitch.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Which I am.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38Kalem can't put a foot wrong without every member of staff knowing about it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Each week, the senior managers discuss the behaviour of every child with the Head of the Unit.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49And Kalem has gone from one of the highest reward levels to the lowest.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Tricky week, I would say.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55He hasn't had a great week. There's issues around him not being able to get off of blue.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Ten weeks he's been on blue now.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00He was on gold at one point.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01- He'd made gold.- Yes, he did.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Whether we like it or not, he takes things. He takes people's radios, he's tried to snatch keys.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09He took a hard drive out of the computer.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11He's trying to steal things from the unit.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14So it's difficult to go, "OK, we'll try and plan around it."
0:28:14 > 0:28:16He just needs to stop, doesn't he?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Kalem is not the only child who is stealing things
0:28:26 > 0:28:28and hiding them in his bedroom.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33As rooms are checked daily, the staff are becoming concerned
0:28:33 > 0:28:37that they're finding home-made weapons with more frequency.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40They are quite a difficult group the lads on phase 1.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43They're the ones who seem to be collecting things now.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48Pens, pencils, CDs. Anything like that. They are dangerous items.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55You never know what they are up to, and it's little things like this that come to light.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57It's just how we deal with it really.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04The staff increase the number of room searches.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09This was found out of DT. It's a shank...well, not a shank,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11a bit of wood to smack someone on the head.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15And now they've even found a threatening letter.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19A letter was intercepted in phase 2, which is the girls' unit.
0:29:19 > 0:29:26Basically stating a young person was going to stab another young person.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33It's quite a frightening thing really. So we're on a bit of a high state at the moment.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37When graffiti appears all over the place, this is the final straw.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41BANGING AND SLAMMING OF DOORS
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Vinney Green is sent into lock-down.
0:29:45 > 0:29:52A lock down, what it means is for us to control the unit and the young people in the unit.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56What we do is we put the young people in their bedrooms and bring them out one at a time
0:29:56 > 0:29:59for a search while other people search their bedrooms.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03It's not taken lightly. I mean, once or twice a year.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- Why are you searching me?- We are searching you and the rooms.- Why?
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Cos of all the graffiti going on, as soon as we get it done, the sooner everyone's out.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15- Hello, obviously you know why you're here?- No I don't.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Everyone's having a search, there's been a lockdown in the unit. - What's gone missing?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22There's missing items. I can't disclose that,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25so unfortunately we have to check everyone, as you know.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Take your top off, put the vest on.
0:30:27 > 0:30:33'We give them a dressing gown to put on and then they take off all their clothes.'
0:30:33 > 0:30:38'Then they have to show us their sides to show that they are not wearing anything else.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41If I can check your sides.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45'So in effect it is a full strip search without anything being shown.'
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Grab a seat on the boss chair.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53'It's basically a massive human metal detector.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58It can detect, say there was a lighter and it was put somewhere we couldn't physically search,
0:30:58 > 0:31:03we'd be able to check and let you know they've got something there.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06A lot of pens.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09But we're taking all felt tip pens anyway.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13He had a big bagful, that was full.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- How long will this take? - I don't know, mate.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20The quicker people are in getting searched, the quicker we'll be able to sort it out.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22OK. Cheers, thank you.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27We've got to have a strip search and they search our rooms and basically they mess our room up.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30It just takes the piss.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Can you come down the corridor please?
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- It can't be nice to watch people go through your stuff like this. - It's fucking not.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Kalem's pens are taken away, but no weapons are found.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47We found a bit of long string which looks like it's from pyjama bottoms.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51But we don't have pyjama bottoms here. So that was removed.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53This is what we would call contraband.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57It wouldn't be allowed because it could be made for a ligature,
0:31:57 > 0:31:58so we remove stuff like that.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02And this was removed as well. A badge has got a pin on it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06And a cigarette, a paper clip,
0:32:06 > 0:32:07and then the pens.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13'They thought it was silly cos it was only pens but they realised that the graffiti has to stop.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17'We clamped down, they realised if they do it again the same thing would happen.'
0:32:24 > 0:32:31Tali's been at Vinney Green for ten weeks now, and has six more to go.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33He's now regularly being aggressive to the staff.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Incidents vary tremendously.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Somebody could be spat at, shoved, kicked, punched in the ribs,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43full-on smack in the face.
0:32:43 > 0:32:49There is of course that measure of risk which goes with working with these young people.
0:32:49 > 0:32:55The staff have to act quickly to contain and restrain him.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19- What did you do that for? - She gave me a red card.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23You did some good filming, then you go and kick the door in. There was no need...
0:33:23 > 0:33:25I don't give a fuck, man.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Tali came along and kicked the classroom door in,
0:33:28 > 0:33:32As Lyn was trying to take him away cos I had a class in here cooking,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35he reached through and slapped me across the face.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41The weekly meeting of the senior staff monitors Tali's progress.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46He was risk assessed out of cooking because he slapped Corrine.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Even that he didn't really understand why.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55Georgina pulled off all the incidents that had happened.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- 23 was it?- It was a lot wasn't it. In the twenties.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04And there's just not that recognition between action and consequence.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09It doesn't matter how consistent it is. It's a bit of what you just said, cos he said,
0:34:09 > 0:34:11"I just kicked her, that's all."
0:34:11 > 0:34:17It didn't link that it's totally unacceptable and that's why this happened.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Tali is given another chance.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Despite slapping Corrine, the cookery teacher.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36I ain't doing washing up.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38You can fuck yourself.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41You lazy bitch.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46It's not very often that when he's verbally abusive that he means it too much.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47That sounds really odd.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52But it happens so often, it's almost like he can't help himself.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55He's got little twitches and things that he does.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Sometimes it's part of that but we have to be aware that
0:34:58 > 0:35:02other people see him swearing so he does need to be picked up on.
0:35:02 > 0:35:08Partly to remind him and show other young people he's been dealt with fairly.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12He's slightly aggressive but never normally gets too aggressive.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16It's better for him to be in here than stuck somewhere else, not able to come into the lesson.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19His work was actually really good but it's a challenge to
0:35:19 > 0:35:22keep young people in the classroom and doing their work.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28If he realises what he's done is wrong he'll come and apologise.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35But he might not understand why I thought his behaviour was unacceptable.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50'In some young people this will be their first opportunity to be with adults who will not abuse them.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54'Whether it be through abusive language or how they're dealt with, or physically.
0:35:54 > 0:36:00'So part of it is saying you can live with other people including adults and you will be treated OK.
0:36:02 > 0:36:08'The punishment for the young person is that they've lost their freedom and their liberty.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14'So apart from that we should treat them with respect, and dignity and as children.'
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Building trust has taken a lot of time for Kalem.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23'He's been here for so long that he realises that people do care.
0:36:23 > 0:36:30'We do listen to him. Slowly but surely he's opening up to people and letting himself be a kid,
0:36:30 > 0:36:35'as opposed to this little tough man that he thinks he is,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37'but he's quite clearly not.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42'He's getting more confident in us as well. We're not going to let him down.'
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- Are you cheating?- No, course not.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47As if you would!
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Me? No!
0:36:50 > 0:36:54It's part of Lizzy's job to give Kalem plenty of one-to-one attention.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Oh! How can you know?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Seriously, can you see them in my glasses?
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- When was the last time you had a visit?- Saturday.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Who came?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Mum and Dad.
0:37:12 > 0:37:18- Together?- My nan come and my auntie...but I rung her yesterday and she's in Spain.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Nice.- Living the fucking life.
0:37:21 > 0:37:27'There's so much going on there.'
0:37:27 > 0:37:31And they... Yeah, he misses his mum - and dad as well.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Now and again he'll mention them,
0:37:34 > 0:37:40but he doesn't talk about them very much or about his feelings about them.
0:37:40 > 0:37:48He doesn't have anyone to tuck him in or tell him they love him or read bedtime stories.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51But then he did what he did.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Uno.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03HE WHOOPS AND POPS
0:38:03 > 0:38:07After nearly 4 weeks, Kieran is getting ready to leave.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12He's been in for such a short space of time, it's been hard for the staff to make an impact on him.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- Don't go in there, OK? - SLAMS AND BANGS
0:38:14 > 0:38:18You're just being silly, you are.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21And now he's got what the staff call gate fever.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23It happens to kids who are about to leave.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28So he is even more difficult to control than usual.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Kieran is a typical person that knows he's going.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36Because he's play-acting up. He's misbehaving.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39He's got nothing to lose. So why shouldn't he? SHOUTING
0:38:39 > 0:38:41And that's why he's being like he is today.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44But we still need to put boundaries in place.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47HE SCREAMS AND LAUGHS
0:38:49 > 0:38:52You're adorable at the same time, aren't you?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Bitch.- Minx.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Oi! Stop showing off to the camera.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01'Gate fever - it's a host of emotions, excitement, fear.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04'It's pretty common for them to feel unsettled.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06'Why wouldn't they? They're children.'
0:39:06 > 0:39:10SHOUTING
0:39:10 > 0:39:12So, yeah, that's why he's like that.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16It's mainly young people that know they're definitely going.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Take your glasses off, please.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- He's so cute.- Can you turn my power back on please?
0:39:21 > 0:39:22- No.- Please.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- No. Your power is not going back on. - Please.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29- No.- You will listen...
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Fucking wanker! - Yeah, whatever, Trevor.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Kieran might be on the way out...
0:39:43 > 0:39:49But Kalem is hoping to find out for sure today how much longer he'll have to be at Vinney Green.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53My community chest thing - my get out of jail free card.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Go to take it, haven't you? Got to try.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04'Every young person that comes in here are not the same, they have their own qualities.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08'They can be funny, they can be thoughtful,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10'and compassionate as well.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14'There are some young people that you feel,
0:40:14 > 0:40:17'if only they'd been given a chance.'
0:40:26 > 0:40:30But after nine months, Kalem is stuck in limbo.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34He still doesn't know the length of time he'll be locked up.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Just a bit pissed off.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45I always look at the floor.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Nothing at else to look at, is there?
0:41:09 > 0:41:14It takes another two weeks for Kalem to get a clear answer about his future.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19His words were, "I'll get out just before my 16th birthday. Mad, isn't it?"
0:41:19 > 0:41:24So he now knows, after such a long time,
0:41:24 > 0:41:27I've only got two years left to go,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30so he's lightened, he doesn't have to worry about it any more.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36As they get more and more relaxed,
0:41:36 > 0:41:41they'll start walking around in a T-shirt as opposed to a vest, a T-shirt,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44a jacket and a hoodie, with the hood up.
0:41:44 > 0:41:50As they become more relaxed, they do literally shed their layers.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51Checkmate.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Your move.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02'A lot of the young people who come here have mental health difficulties
0:42:02 > 0:42:07'or have themselves very traumatic backgrounds and lots of problems
0:42:07 > 0:42:11'that come with that, and I'm very often asked to assess them,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14'looking at the kinds of reasons why they offended
0:42:14 > 0:42:18'and ways they can manage those feelings and behaviours in the future.'
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Hello, I gather you're having a bit of a morning.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Don't kick the door, Tali. Come on.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- Shut the fuck up!- Come on.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- All right, open the door! - No... No, let's go.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33No...
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Why?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Let go, please.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Let go.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Let go.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43No, come on.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Bastard!
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Come on.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Tali, come on.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Pussy!
0:42:49 > 0:42:54The staff are determined to get to the bottom of Tali's bad behaviour,
0:42:54 > 0:42:58so Janet, the unit's psychologist, tackles him.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03"People only notice my bad behaviour."
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Sometimes.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08"I have too much energy to sit still for long."
0:43:08 > 0:43:10THEY CHUCKLE
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- What do you think?- Definitely.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Yeah? "I break rules."
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Definitely.
0:43:16 > 0:43:17SHE CHUCKLES
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Very honest again.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21"I'm touchy or easily annoyed."
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- Temper?- You know, you just get a bit...
0:43:25 > 0:43:29Yeah, that's when I'm not hyper. When I have coffee I tend to.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Do you? So is Starburst a safer option than coffee?
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- No, Starburst is even worse! - Is it indeed?
0:43:36 > 0:43:39"I have urges to do really bad things".
0:43:42 > 0:43:45When you say bad things, what do you mean? Bang people in the face?
0:43:45 > 0:43:47- Could be... Could be anything. - Stab someone?
0:43:47 > 0:43:49- Could be...- If they annoy me.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Could be wrecking the classroom, could be anything, really.
0:43:53 > 0:43:54What, just do it for no reason?
0:43:54 > 0:43:58- Yeah. When you just feel like you have to do it?- No, not at all.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00- No? Never?- Never.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02Do you know what? That was that.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Do you want to do another one?
0:44:05 > 0:44:08- No, no.- Sure?- Yeah.
0:44:08 > 0:44:09It's slightly different.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13- I'll take your keys.- That wouldn't be a good thing to do.- Why not?
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Because then everybody will be in deep trouble.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20I'll get my wrists slapped
0:44:20 > 0:44:27for letting you have my keys.
0:44:22 > 0:44:27You will get 48-hour red-carded because of a breach of security
0:44:27 > 0:44:30- and we'll all be in the... - I don't give a fuck, though.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32I know! But we'll all be in the doo-dah.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36How will I breach security by touching your keys?
0:44:36 > 0:44:37Because you shouldn't have them,
0:44:37 > 0:44:41and because it means you can get out through the door, which you know.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44Cheers, me dear.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50He's sat up there.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Where would you like this young man?
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Kalem is much more settled now he knows how long he's going to be here
0:45:04 > 0:45:08and is slowly working his way back up the rewards scheme.
0:45:08 > 0:45:14But the staff are concerned about something they have found in his room.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Deputy Manager Callum brings him in for questioning.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20There's a couple of things I want to talk to you, first of all this,
0:45:20 > 0:45:22which was found in one of your shoes in your room.
0:45:22 > 0:45:26- My shoe?- In one of your shoes, believe it or not.- Seriously? - Seriously.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Oh! And that's why we do searches -
0:45:34 > 0:45:36when you get things like that hidden in shoes.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39It's obviously been broken off something.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Never seen it before.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44- You've never, ever seen it before? - Never seen it before.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47- Someone broke into your room and put that in your shoe? - Never seen it before.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- So you can't tell me where it came from?- No.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52It was found in your shoe, in your room.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56It's only a little piece of metal, but if you were attacked with that, slashed across the face
0:45:56 > 0:45:59you could do someone some quite big damage.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02They're not allowed anything metal in their rooms.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04- A screw.- A screw.
0:46:04 > 0:46:09Anything that can be seen as a weapon, especially you, want to be avoiding.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13Yeah, I used this to put in my CD player for my aerial, I've had that for months.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17- You can't be walking around with screws like that. - I'm not walking around with it.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- Can you see it could be seen as an offensive weapon?- Let me see it.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24I've never seen it before, mind.
0:46:24 > 0:46:25Yeah(!)
0:46:25 > 0:46:26I haven't!
0:46:31 > 0:46:35Your offence, you will be staying well away from offensive weapons.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37That's not mine, is it?
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Well, it was found in your room, whether it's yours or not.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44- I don't know where it came from. - Yeah, OK.
0:46:44 > 0:46:45Finished?
0:46:45 > 0:46:48That's it. Happy days. You go and have a break.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00He's got a nice side, but unfortunately there's a side
0:47:00 > 0:47:03that got him in here in the first place, extremely violent.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08So you never let your guard down. you've always got to bear in mind what they are in for, etc.
0:47:08 > 0:47:13Because they're very fickle. One day they might be best friends and really cheery and that,
0:47:13 > 0:47:17and the next day they can really flip, they might have had a phone call from home,
0:47:17 > 0:47:19anything can set them off. Excuse me a sec.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Callum.
0:47:22 > 0:47:26Two hours later, and they've got to the bottom of the incident.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33Further investigation, we find out that this metal part here
0:47:33 > 0:47:38is part of the strengthening of the pair of shoes that he had, sort of built into the sole.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42So... No offensive weapon, and he didn't know it was in there.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45There weren't any weapons in his room.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Kalem was telling the truth.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51He didn't get excited, he didn't get upset,
0:47:51 > 0:47:54he had a rational conversation about it,
0:47:54 > 0:47:58and it looks like he's moving on, because when he first came in,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00he would have been all over the shop.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07They're ready for him.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- All bagged up?- Yeah.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- What?- You all right there?
0:48:12 > 0:48:13No, I told you to hold it.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Kieran's leaving Vinney Green today.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19He's been here for just four weeks.
0:48:19 > 0:48:20Come on, be a gentlemen.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22I would if you were a lady.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26HIGH PITCHED: Be a gentleman.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28Come on, Craig.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32'When I get out I'm going to college and I'm doing plumbing,
0:48:32 > 0:48:34'bricklaying and mechanics.'
0:48:34 > 0:48:37Hopefully I'll get something out of that, then get a job when I'm 16 -
0:48:37 > 0:48:42go to college full-time and just get an apprenticeship.
0:48:44 > 0:48:47When you lose your freedom, that's massive in itself -
0:48:47 > 0:48:50but along with that comes routine, stability,
0:48:50 > 0:48:53three cooked meals a day.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55They have a safeness.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59When they leave here, it's unpredictable -
0:48:59 > 0:49:02and that must be really scary for them.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09What you want for any young person is they actually achieve SOMETHING.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12We know, for some young people, they're not here long enough.
0:49:12 > 0:49:17Due to the circumstances they might be going back to, we're not going to necessarily change them.
0:49:19 > 0:49:23But it is about them having a level of positive experience.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29So, this was Kieran's room.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Goodbye, Kieran.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41And we just wait for the next person to come in and start all over again.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44Ah, look - the new boy's here. They look like pikeys.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Pussies!
0:49:47 > 0:49:49But Tali's stay here will be much longer -
0:49:49 > 0:49:53and, after 3 months, he's not the new boy any more.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55He's finally settling down.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58When we get new people in, it's almost...
0:49:58 > 0:49:59like they've, sort of,
0:49:59 > 0:50:01got to re-establish their hierarchy.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04- Kick the window. - Fucking spastics, man.
0:50:04 > 0:50:10I don't think it's very cool for them to be nice about a new young person, so they won't.
0:50:11 > 0:50:17There have been no major incidents for a couple of weeks now, and he has become calmer.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20It can be up and down with Tali.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24He can be very, very difficult if he's not in the right mood, but...
0:50:24 > 0:50:28he's an interesting kid, definitely. I do like him.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31I was going to put it on my wall, cos....
0:50:31 > 0:50:34I'm not Christian, but I believe in all that.
0:50:34 > 0:50:38I believe in God and stuff. My dad's Christian, innit?
0:50:38 > 0:50:42Cos when his dad died, he cut off his dreads and became a Christian.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44So...
0:50:44 > 0:50:46That's what I believe in, innit?
0:50:46 > 0:50:48When I first came,
0:50:48 > 0:50:53my head was messed up cos I was smoking a lot of weed, innit? So...
0:50:53 > 0:50:57My brain's repaired now. I feel, like, better.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59I don't feel off the rails.
0:51:00 > 0:51:05It ain't this place that's changed me - it's me that's changed myself.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09Success is quite difficult to measure,
0:51:09 > 0:51:12cos you could argue that someone that's committed violent crime
0:51:12 > 0:51:16who now no longer commits violent crime but, perhaps, other crime -
0:51:16 > 0:51:18that actually could be seen as a result.
0:51:18 > 0:51:23Because crime against a person, we would suggest, is much worse than crime against possessions.
0:51:23 > 0:51:28But there are so many different criteria for saying what is a success.
0:51:30 > 0:51:34This one might sound stupid - bigger windows for our doors.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37At the monthly meeting between the head of the unit and the kids,
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Kalem has been elected as a spokesperson.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42What else have you got on there?
0:51:42 > 0:51:47More toiletries, an exercise ball in every room,
0:51:47 > 0:51:48much more outdoor activities.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Cleaning competitions.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58He's moved on, in terms of anger, frustration.
0:51:58 > 0:52:03He couldn't express himself without absolutely exploding.
0:52:03 > 0:52:09He will ask his own questions and he will let people ask him questions.
0:52:09 > 0:52:14That is a big, big step - slow, but substantial.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- Lots of people have mentioned the phones. - They should be on all night.
0:52:17 > 0:52:22If I was watching a film, I'd ring my mum and say, "Look, Mum, this film is on ITV1.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25- "The one you've been wanting to watch for a long time."- Right.
0:52:25 > 0:52:30She could turn over and watch ITV1, then I could be on the phone watching the same film as her.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34Or I could ring up my mum and say, "Goodnight, Mum, I love you."
0:52:34 > 0:52:35Poker competitions...
0:52:35 > 0:52:38Kalem has been at Vinney Green for just over a year now,
0:52:38 > 0:52:41and he's progressed up the reward system.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46It's Saturday afternoon, and he's back in the pool room.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52There's a fight going on in the pool area.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Staff separating them.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00Kalem's the one in the pinky top there, stood by the pool table.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06As you can see, these young people here - really trying to get each other.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07Picking up a chair now.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13And they're both throwing chairs at each other at the same time.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Kalem is in the corner. Admittedly, he's finding it a bit funny -
0:53:16 > 0:53:19he's holding his belly and having a laugh about it -
0:53:19 > 0:53:22but he's actively getting out of the way of getting involved there.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33Now what he's doing, he's going to run up and picking a staff radios.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37He dropped the radio. And then he called for more assistance -
0:53:37 > 0:53:40so he's asking for more staff assistance to come along.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Like another member of staff there!
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Kalem in the past -
0:53:45 > 0:53:50he would have been one of the first ones to get involved in any sort of rut going on.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55He'd have been trying to nick the radio, rather than alert staff to it.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58But he's sat there calmly as you like, not getting involved,
0:53:58 > 0:54:01which is a great move on for Kalem - it really is.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06When Kalem first came in, his emotions and his attitudes were all over the place.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10Since he's been in here, trying to get him take on board
0:54:10 > 0:54:12more responsibility for his own actions.
0:54:12 > 0:54:19It's an ongoing process. You can see a daily change in some people, but others it takes a bit longer.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22With Kalem, there's a definite change.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24We've still got a long way to go.
0:54:24 > 0:54:28So, yeah, I'm really chuffed with the way Kalem's progressed within the unit.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35I want to go to college and stay there for a few years.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38I want to learn plumbing and business studies.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40- I'm thinking positive. - Got a good business plan.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46- Watch out!- Sorry.
0:54:46 > 0:54:51I'm learning, really, ain't I? I'm just here to learn.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54I see myself as being normal - how I've been brought up, innit?
0:54:54 > 0:55:00Just, er, learn the hard way and expect what you get, innit?
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Like...
0:55:02 > 0:55:06My dad gave me two options - go down the right way or the wrong way.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10I chose the wrong way because I thought it was good
0:55:10 > 0:55:13But I was wrong - I should have gone the good way.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17So I do, really, and he was right, cos he went down the wrong way
0:55:17 > 0:55:19and wished he went the good way.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22So that's why I want to change things.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54Next, the girls Vinney Green struggle to contain,
0:55:54 > 0:55:56who are a danger to each other...
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- Are you intimidated by me? - Fuck your mum!
0:56:02 > 0:56:03..and themselves.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08Self-harm is more common with the females. Ligatures, especially.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12For her own personal protection, we've had to strip the room.
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