0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains strong language.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Each year in Britain we lock up 2,000 school age children.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Vinney Green locks up both teenage boys and teenage girls.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16The kids no-one else can tame.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Some of them are very difficult, very challenging.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Some of them are very dangerous.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Whether they are a danger to each other...
0:00:33 > 0:00:38They're making threats to kill everybody, threatening to stab all the bitches that work at the unit.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42..or a danger to themselves and sent here for their own protection.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I happened to go into her bedroom this time and found
0:00:44 > 0:00:47that she'd actually put a ligature around her neck.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Are you scared?
0:00:49 > 0:00:56They do need a rub of the head, just that motherly sort of touch.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01That might surprise some people but they are only children.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Acts of violence committed by girls have doubled in the last four years.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Jess is here because of her aggression.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13So I just went whack, hit my mother straight in the nose, broke her nose and cracked her cheekbone.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19The staff have got their work cut out to tame her anger.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21All I do is cry, cos I can't hit no-one..
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Fucking move out my way.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Ruby has run wild throughout her childhood.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Fuck your mum!
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Will her time at Vinney Green impact on her behaviour at all?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36What are you thinking when you start to get angry?
0:01:36 > 0:01:37I really want to fucking kill her.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42And at the bottom of the girls' pecking order is Stef, who is in Vinney Green for her own protection.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46This is the safest I've felt ever.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Vinney Green is called a children's home,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51but for these girls it feels like a prison.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55In Britain the law says that children can be held responsible for their crimes.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But are we locking the girls up
0:01:58 > 0:02:02because we fear them, or can time behind bars change them?
0:02:07 > 0:02:13Aaargh! I'm sorting this out for once and for all.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20The girls at Vinney Green live on a separate residential unit,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21known as Phase Two.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23The units are very different.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The girls are very intense
0:02:25 > 0:02:29and very demanding, very bitchy with one another.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32And you don't tend to get that with the boys.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36It can be volatile, very unpredictable
0:02:37 > 0:02:41A new arrival has unsettled the girls and the staff are keeping a careful eye on them.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46200 cameras monitor every move.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Whenever we get new people in
0:02:52 > 0:02:56it's almost like they've got to re-establish their hierarchy.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00It's completely like a pressure cooker and you know it's bubbling away and it's just going to blow.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08When a critical incident kicks off
0:03:08 > 0:03:12it takes five staff members to restrain two girls.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18They're separated and taken to their rooms to calm down.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26We've got a particular young person
0:03:26 > 0:03:31who is really testing the boundaries of the staff over here at the moment.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35The new arrival, Ruby, is a 15-year-old traveller.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Ruby is a little bit wild.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43She struggles to fit
0:03:43 > 0:03:46into the boundaries and routine of life at Vinney Green.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Damage to the door. That's just criminal damage, as far as I'm concerned.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00You don't own the unit, Ruby. One more time and you'll be in your room, love.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Do you think I care? - Do you think I care?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Staff are still working out
0:04:04 > 0:04:07how to get her to obey the unit's strict regime
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Stop pushing people around, Ruby. You don't own the unit.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11- Neither do you.- Sorry?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Neither do you.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16No, but I'm in charge. I'm in charge of you.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- All right? Get used to it.- My father.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Your father's not here, is he?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Ruby is pushing the boundaries big time,
0:04:55 > 0:05:00as regarding pushing past staff, telling staff, "open the door,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03"do this, do that, I want this, I want that."
0:05:03 > 0:05:06And she's now refusing to come out of her room.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07What about the groups?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Are they all OK together?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13No problems with Jazmine, no problems with Ryan...
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Although she made threats to stab the teacher yesterday in cooking.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21So her attitude's been quite badly lately.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Jessica is again just pushing the boundaries a little bit, verbally.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27RADIO: 'Andy, are you receiving?'
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Bear with me two secs. Yeah, receiving.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Did you see me when I came in?
0:05:32 > 0:05:37Jess has had two months to secure top spot in phase two.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40She likes holding court in the canteen.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43I'd kill somebody if they pissed me off so much,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I'd fucking just put a bullet in their head.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Do the crime do the time, innit?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52She's established herself in lots of ways at the top of the pecking order.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Because of her personality and her whole persona,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58she's at the centre of whatever goes in in phase two.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I hate that, tall girls being really skinny.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- It just looks fucking stupid.- Thanks.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09You ain't tall though.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Charlie is a 17-year-old aspiring beautician.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18She's been in the unit a month longer than Jess.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21From the beginning they've been in competition.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24I don't get along with girls, I fuckin' hate them.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26They're mouthy little fuckers.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Oh, fuck's sake!
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Usually other young people that nominate them,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36"You're the strongest, you're the strongest, you're top dog here."
0:06:36 > 0:06:41You will always get that, even with a group of eight young girls.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Are you intimidated by me?- No. - Are you scared of me?- No.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Jess is a very angry young lady.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51That anger has manifested itself
0:06:51 > 0:06:54by Jess being very violent in her community.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I'll fucking give her one of them.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Aaaargh!
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Fuck you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Jess has a long history of substance abuse and violence.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07I started drinking,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11and like, if anyone said to me, like, "Oh, shut up!"
0:07:11 > 0:07:12I'd be like, "Oh, why don't you shut up?"
0:07:12 > 0:07:16And then start an argument, and we'd just fight or something.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17I try and walk away,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20but if it does come to it I ain't going to stand there.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Morning.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29The kids are locked up between nine at night and seven in the morning.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33After that, every waking minute is structured and supervised.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38For many this is the first time
0:07:38 > 0:07:41they've actually had to go to school.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Some young people have struggled at some point in mainstream school
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and they fall a little bit between the cracks in the system.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Doing classes together
0:07:50 > 0:07:53is the only time the girls can hang out with the boys.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59The maximum number in a class is four.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03This intensive teaching is expensive, but necessary.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07We don't group them by ability or age.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10We group them first by, will they get on
0:08:10 > 0:08:13and be able to do their work with those other people in the group?
0:08:13 > 0:08:16If they don't get on, nobody does any work at all.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Fuckin' hell, I'm getting a headache.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22You went through loads of people yesterday you wanted to be with.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- No, I said who I wanted it to be... - I didn't see that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I even told you, Ben and...
0:08:28 > 0:08:32The girls are always demanding to change groups, and Jess is used
0:08:32 > 0:08:37to getting her own way, even if it means taking on the headteacher.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Who I wanted to be with.- I don't know, I just got a long list.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Go through...- A long list?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- Can you change my group, please? - I already changed your group.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52Invariably, I come in half seven in the morning and find out that somebody had a fight with somebody
0:08:52 > 0:08:55and they can't be in a group with that person.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Paul, change my group!- Not now!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00The minute I think it's settled, it's not.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02What was up with Ruby, why didn't she want to be...?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05She just didn't want to be in that group, that's all.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Her take on it was, "I told you I wanted to change and you haven't changed me."
0:09:09 > 0:09:12No, I haven't, you're right. All I'm doing is being stubborn with Ruby,
0:09:12 > 0:09:14on purpose, that's all I'm doing.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16We'll see who gives in first.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26But you're the one who's choosing out.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29You're the one that's choosing...
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Ruby, you're the one that's choosing out of it, OK?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Value Added Tax is charged at a rate of 17.5%.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Seventeen and a half, basically, yeah?- Yeah.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Some girls get extra tuition.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46It's Lyn's job to spot those with potential,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and she's trying to get Jess to sit her GCSEs.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Divide by 100...
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Jess has actually got quite a lot going for her,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56and if we can actually get that across to her
0:09:56 > 0:09:59and give her informed choices,
0:09:59 > 0:10:00get her to make the right choices,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03she can turn it around.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Her turbulent lifestyle has meant that, up until now,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10she has struggled with education.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16I was like just the class clown and I beat my maths teacher up.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20She gripped me in my arm, and I said "Don't grip me cos I will hit you."
0:10:20 > 0:10:25And she just gripped me again and I punched her.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Then I put her arm in the door and slammed the door.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35When they told me I was suspended, I just laughed, I did.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36I thought, "Sound."
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I fuckin' hated the school, anyway.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Although most of the girls on the unit have a history of violence,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49they also have the usual teenage hang-ups.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Jess is no exception.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56I've put on two stone and I'm hoping to lose it by the time I get out.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01I've put on two stone in two months and a week.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06You get to go to the gym and the astro,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09but then that really ain't helping once a week, is it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11The only running I do is running from the police.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Jess may have issues with her weight,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21but she's still got admirers on the unit.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Have you got a girlfriend?
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Kind of, but I haven't met her yet.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Kind of, but you haven't met her yet.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Course you've met me, Ryan, I'm sitting next to you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35He's got more chance of the Pope shitting in his hand.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37But why do you think he likes you?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I don't know, everyone likes me, don't they?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48There does seem to be a few friendships developing
0:11:48 > 0:11:51between the people on Phase One and on Phase Two.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54They call it linking, which is a very funny terminology,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56but what people have to understand
0:11:56 > 0:12:00is that very hormonal teenager that we are dealing with.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03It's something that we would not encourage.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Physical contact would not be allowed at all.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10The staff keep a watch out for signs of who,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12at the moment, is linking with who.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- What are you doing with that hand there?- Resting it on my knee.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Well, it looks dodgy from here, that's all.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Looks really dodgy from here.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22But that doesn't stop them sneaking love letters
0:12:22 > 0:12:24whenever they get the chance.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The only place where children are not monitored by CCTV
0:12:29 > 0:12:31is their bedrooms.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36If the daily search turns up a letter up that goes too far,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38it will be confiscated.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Craig, have you read any of their letters?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Oh, is this one we've confiscated?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Yeah.- "I love you. I can't wait to see you, baby,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51"so I can xxxxx.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53"Do you love me, yes, or no?
0:12:53 > 0:12:59"I want you in my room, baby, do you want me in yours?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00"Yes, or no?"
0:13:00 > 0:13:05But the rules of the unit are that the kids are never allowed
0:13:05 > 0:13:06in each other's bedrooms.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09So relationships are always played out in public.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Yeah, and you're also touching her and you need to stop.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Charlie is linking with the top dog on the boys' unit.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21The staff are worried this could cause problems amongst the girls.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24The young person that Charlie is linking with
0:13:24 > 0:13:29has quite a big status in Phase One, has a certain amount of kudos.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33I'm guessing that there is a lot of jealousy going on.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Everyone's complaining about Charlie, what they're like in the lesson.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40They do, they hold hands and everything, it does my fucking...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Jess has got used to being the centre of attention,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47but Charlie's success with the boys
0:13:47 > 0:13:49has made their conflict more intense.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Staff have heard that Jess plans to attack her rival.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55At the staff handover
0:13:55 > 0:13:57the Deputy Manager reports on the latest threat.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01We've got a feeling that Jess doesn't know what a bully is.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05She has no concept of what bullying is or isn't.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11I mean, Charlie's mum's on the phone all the time, so if Jess does attack Charlie,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13what does that look like? As if we haven't done anything about it.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18So we've split the groups up, we're taking Jess five minutes late to school.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21If she asks why, "It's because you made threats towards Charlie."
0:14:23 > 0:14:29Everything does change. Even a week is enough to completely change the dynamics of a group.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32What would happen in a normal school, where they'd have an argument,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34a little fight, but it gets calmed down.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39Here the potential for it to be more serious is there. So rather than give them the chance,
0:14:39 > 0:14:44which may be not right, we take them out of the groups and we make the decisions for them, basically.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Tensions are running high in Phase Two.
0:14:51 > 0:14:58When an emergency alarm goes off in the residential area, all available staff respond.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01You're just trying to get there as quick as possible.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03It's frustrating that you can't run directly.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06There's all these doors to open and close behind you.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11You're worried that somebody's being injured. That there's two children fighting or something.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14You never know what you're going to run into, really.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20We've got a young person who is on five minute checks, which means
0:15:20 > 0:15:22we just check their room every five minutes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28I went into her room and found that she'd actually put a ligature around her neck.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34A 14-year-old girl with a history of self harm has recently arrived on the unit.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39She was red in the face, but she hadn't tied it on, it was just around her neck.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44She had that just wrapped around her neck basically.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46A headband, actually, yeah.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- 'Hello?'- Hi, Andy, is everything OK over there?
0:15:50 > 0:15:54'Yeah, we're just dealing with Steph, she had a ligature around her neck.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57'Lizzie's with her at the moment trying to talk to her.'
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Do we know if she's got any other headbands?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03'I'll do that in a second, I don't want to search her room while she's in there.'
0:16:03 > 0:16:09No, obviously not. Why don't you see if she wants some fresh air, and then try and get the room searched.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- 'No worries.'- All right, mate. Thanks.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Self harm is more common with the females, ligatures especially.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17This new young person that's come, she's just started to do that.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Steph is in Vinney Green because she's a danger to herself.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30She's never been in trouble with the authorities.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35I've just spent the last hour just sitting and talking to her, trying
0:16:35 > 0:16:39to see if she wants to speak about it or maybe see the psychologist.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Stephanie hasn't been with us for very long, but when you know their story,
0:16:43 > 0:16:44you know their history
0:16:44 > 0:16:46and you can see their going through a hard time,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48it definitely does affect you.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51But that's all part of the job, I suppose.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02I came to Vinney Green for running away from different foster placements.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04I usually just ran wherever.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I just kept running till someone stopped me.
0:17:07 > 0:17:14I kept thinking that running away would get rid of my problems, and
0:17:14 > 0:17:19I just was quite scared and I didn't know what to do.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24The first time I self harmed was about two months before I came into care.
0:17:24 > 0:17:31People have a load of emotions and have a lot going on, and this is the only way to get rid of it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Cos sometimes, when you hurt yourself, it gets rid of the pain for a while
0:17:34 > 0:17:37because you concentrate on a different pain.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43We have young people here that have offended,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and we have young people here that are on welfare.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51The one thing, perhaps, they've both got in common is they're both damaged, for whatever reason.
0:17:51 > 0:17:58A lot of the young people that we keep in Vinney Green, their family backgrounds aren't all that perfect,
0:17:58 > 0:18:05and it's almost they have to follow the family trait of being locked up, they think that is the norm.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Ruby has been in trouble from an early age.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40When Ruby leaves Vinney Green, she will go and stay with her nan.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43She is the most stable influence in her life.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Ruby is the sort of person who'd rather be on a camp,
0:18:48 > 0:18:49if you know what I mean?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51On a site, wouldn't she?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53As soon as me mum got the house, she went up to
0:18:53 > 0:18:56the site in Southampton where our people stays.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02She don't go with strangers or nothing, it's all our relations, our cousins, or aunts and uncles.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04We always know where Ruby is,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08all the time, we'll always know where she is, and we know she's safe.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13She's a bit like her dad, he's very wild, wasn't he, Chamaine?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Yeah, he's very outgoing.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18- Outgoing all the time. - And so is our mother, as well.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19SHE SQUEALS
0:19:23 > 0:19:30Ruby's behaviour is still as inappropriate as it was on the day she arrived, two months ago.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35And the staff are still struggling to control her.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Ruby, stop it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Ruby get your hands off me.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Ruby, get away from the door.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Shirley, can you not fool with that?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51SHOUTING
0:19:51 > 0:19:53If you want to go out, fine.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56You need some time out, for the moment...
0:19:59 > 0:20:01'Ruby doesn't particularly like working very much.'
0:20:01 > 0:20:04you probably saw her swearing at me, being quite rude to me,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and at some points actually physically going for me.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Concerned for her safety, Corrine presses her alarm,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17which alerts other members of staff that she needs help.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30'It can get your heart racing, but I try to stay in control because that reassures the other young'
0:20:30 > 0:20:34people in the room that they're safe as well and they're not in danger.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42So, I want you to think about a time when you got really angry and what you did.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47The focus of the unit's work with Ruby is around this aggressive behaviour.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I want you to think about what happens when you start to get angry,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52when you're really angry and when you start to calm down.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Which box you can think about...
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's Ruby's weekly session with her key-worker.
0:20:56 > 0:21:02How your body feels, what are you thinking when you start to get angry?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- You're annoyed?- Yeah.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- I'll write it, you say it, yeah? - Stressed...
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Ruby, please don't do that.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32- So when you're coming down from getting angry, what do you do?- Dunno.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- You start feeling better, don't you? Getting calmer... - I'm looking at my tits.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54So, do you think this was the best way to deal with it?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Do you deal with it in the right way?- Yeah.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02We go through the emotions of different situations,
0:22:02 > 0:22:06talk through how the young people feel, emotional health.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09She loves me.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Hmmm.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Anger is an issue which a lot of young people have here.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Often it's not being able to control their anger that's got them into trouble in the first place.
0:22:23 > 0:22:29Through Jess's stay here, we will try to help her manage her anger.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35- She really struggles with channelling it into any other emotion.- Come on, Lyn.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37What's your relationship like with your mum?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It's gone better since I've been in here, because like me and
0:22:40 > 0:22:45my mother we always used to fight, I used to beat her up, my father used to come and have a go at me.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I used to beat him up... Like I bit a chunk out of his arm last year.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51So what makes you that angry, what do they do?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53I'm an angry person.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57My father can get angry and my mother can get angry, and my older
0:22:57 > 0:23:01brother, he's proper angry like, and he don't give a shit for no-one.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04So do you feel like you can't control it?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Not really, because like,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09if my mother pissed me off, she'd come up to me trying to like...
0:23:09 > 0:23:15Like once I went whack, hit my mother straight on the nose, broke her nose and cracked her cheek-bone.
0:23:19 > 0:23:25When she got a mood on, we can all look out and she wouldn't care.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I think they should have just put her away sooner,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I do. Not because I'm being horrible,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34because I love Jess to bits and she knows it.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Or make her go to a drug rehabilitation, because the
0:23:36 > 0:23:41only trouble Jessica got into was when she was drunk or drugged up.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45While growing up in the Welsh Valleys, Jess terrorised her
0:23:45 > 0:23:49home town, and her family often bore the brunt of her aggression.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53She'd just come towards us with a knife.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59So we slammed the door shut holding our hand like this against the door, because she's a big girl.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02The knife came through the door. I was white.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06She's got no life in her eyes, when she starts there's no life there, is there?
0:24:06 > 0:24:11- Valium, Jessica was on, and cannabis.- And ketamine.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I didn't know how to help her, none of us did.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19I said to you, "move my group, I'm fed up with being in this group and you keep me in here."
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Jess has had no access to drugs for three months now.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I do wanna hit him,
0:24:25 > 0:24:29and if I do hit him it ain't my fault, it's all his fault for not fuckin' changing me.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35Trying to control her temper is taking its toll in a different way.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45I think Jess is very highly stressed and I think she puts on a massive, massive front for other people.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I've walked out of here and she's sat out there and refuses to speak to me.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53And the other girls have gone and you say, "Come on then, what's the matter?"
0:24:53 > 0:24:57And she'll just bursts into tears. She wants to look like she's all
0:24:57 > 0:25:01powerful but behind it she's an upset girl, same as anyone else.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05She still has major, major anger issues, though.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12There is an atmosphere on the girls' unit.
0:25:12 > 0:25:18Jess and the others are locked in their rooms while staff deal with another Steph situation.
0:25:18 > 0:25:26Often we've had to cut ligatures off Stephanie and restrain her to keep her safe.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34When a young person is self harming and putting their lives in danger, we have to go in and do something.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39For her own personal protection we've had to strip the room of
0:25:39 > 0:25:42a lot of her own personal items, a lot of her clothing.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But the girl is still very low.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49There were issues with her doing ligatures again this morning.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Until she changes her behaviour, unfortunately it's going to be quite a bare room for the time being.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08Being locked in their rooms for nearly an hour is building resentment against Steph.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Some find it particularly difficult.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18I said to Steph, "I'll fucking strangle you with razor wire if you don't fucking shut up."
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Do you think that helpful?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24She goes in her room trying to strangle herself, right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I'd give her my shoelaces if she wanted it as well.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28You don't need to get involved.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Been in that room for at least an hour when she's kicking off and I fucking go mad in my room.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36This place gets me so frustrated. I always get upset with myself.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40I go in my room and fucking smash my room up because I'm upset.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45Don't smash your room up. That's not going to solve anything, it's not going to change anything.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50You see how upset you are now?
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Well, other people get like that but they take it to the next degree, yeah.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- This is all I do, cry and cry and cry.- It's horrible, isn't it?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00It's cos I can't hit no-one.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03That's good, don't hit anybody.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Look at you, you are getting yourself in a right state.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10You're going down and down and down.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13You don't need it. Jess, you are better than this, you know that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Keep with it.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20'Jess is not feeling too good about herself at the moment.'
0:27:20 > 0:27:26Jess has put on some weight unfortunately since she's been here, so that's not helping her, really.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28How long have you been here for?
0:27:28 > 0:27:33While just plays with the camera, the senior care officer, Charlotte,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35takes her chance to tell her how she really sees it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39I always like to treat all of you with respect
0:27:39 > 0:27:43and treat you without any judgment as to what you've done.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I believe that none of you lot were born bad.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50I believe that you were all born innocent babies, yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:56And that things that have happened in your life have made you the way you are at the moment.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03Cos like my father has been in prison, one of the staff thinks I'm trying to live up to them.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06But I ain't really, it's just, like...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Being in here has pissed me off.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11You know, you've got a really good head on your shoulders.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14You are very intelligent, you've got a lot of knowledge.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17You've got a lot to say for yourself
0:28:17 > 0:28:20but it's just usually said in the wrong way,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22in an aggressive manner.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Be brave, Jess, and stop showing me this, "Grr", yeah?
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Drop that front and show me what's really you.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Helping the young people build
0:28:34 > 0:28:38up their self-confidence is one of Vinney Green's main aims.
0:28:38 > 0:28:45Given different opportunities, some of these young people may well not end up in crime in the future.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48So many of them have a lot of potential
0:28:48 > 0:28:51that is never tapped into.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Divided by 25.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01Jess is unusual. She's decided to knuckle down and prepare for her GCSEs.
0:29:01 > 0:29:08But most of the kids here aren't at a level to sit any exams.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09I don't know how to count.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Is it because it's got 50K and things like that...?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16A lot of these young people have given up on school.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20For some of them, they feel they are not going to achieve anything,
0:29:20 > 0:29:25and that mainly is because they are of low academic ability.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Use the best word to finish each sentence.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30You want to make all these sentences...
0:29:30 > 0:29:33'Ruby isn't very good with reading at the moment.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36'And when in a group, will not try.'
0:29:36 > 0:29:37There you go. You're on your way.
0:29:37 > 0:29:44She has spent little time at school in her 15 years and has a reading age of just seven.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46But at last she is accepting some help.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Think of a good word to finish each sentence. You've got to think of your own word here.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- I like...- I live in a...
0:29:55 > 0:29:57How do you spell trailer?
0:29:57 > 0:30:00T-R-A-I...
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- Huh?- A-I...
0:30:02 > 0:30:05'If they are in a group, they fear failure, I think.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08'So if they don't try,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10'they don't fail.'
0:30:10 > 0:30:17We do see that 99% of young people do improve on literacy and numeracy levels.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21You see somebody who's very insecure in themself
0:30:21 > 0:30:25and then they go out much more confident.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35Confidence-building is not the only goal of Vinney Green.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37They are trying to help them relate to others too.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- Do you live in a house or one of them things?- One of them things.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43What are they called?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46You see these huts...?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49This is the first time Jess has been away from the valleys.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55What gets me, how it's only a white person can be racist.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59If you're Black and a Blackie called you a pint of milk or
0:30:59 > 0:31:03something like that, you can't do nothing about it.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07It's all right for them to take the mickey out of us. They talk foreign,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- they could be calling us rotten. - That's what wound Jessica up, because they were shouting at her.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- It just came to a head, didn't it? - Yeah.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20Jess is being given the opportunity to confront some tricky issues.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Her violence and racist behaviour has often got her into trouble.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29I don't recognise racist nigger, see?
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- I hate that word.- Why?- Because it's got so much history to it and was used in such abusive ways.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38I know that some black people call each other it but I still hate that.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39- Why?- I just really...
0:31:39 > 0:31:42So if someone black said to you, "What up, nigger?"
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- You wouldn't like it?- No.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47I know it doesn't mean the same as if you said it to me.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- It's better than nignog. I'd rather nigger than nignog. - I don't like either.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53She says she's not racist, as a lot of racist people do.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57So it's quite interesting to have the discussion because she knows I'm mixed race.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01She even said to me that her dad would be OK with me because I'm pale.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06There isn't supposed to be a black racist person, there's no such thing as a black racist.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- Anyone can be racist.- When I called a black boy across my street a nigger, right,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12because we were arguing, and he called me a milk bottle.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I said, "Yeah, shut up, you nigger."
0:32:15 > 0:32:19I was about seven and the police came to my house because they heard me.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- You were seven?- Seven, eight. I used to sing it out my window.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24I'd say, "Eeny meeny miney mo, catch a nigger by his toe."
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I used to sing that to him.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- Jess...- Shut up, for fuck's sake!
0:32:30 > 0:32:34You can have a sensible conversation with her but I think there are deep,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37ingrained issues with her because of her background.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42The Ku Klux Klan, they used to go beating up black people and tie them to a tree and light them on fire.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44The reason they wore those hooded...
0:32:44 > 0:32:48'Being here might be the first time she's seen black people in a positive way rather than negative.'
0:32:48 > 0:32:54Tie a black person to a tree, knocks on the door that they live in and see him hanging, and they all run off.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56It's important for her to have those conversations.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59It's important she's got people like me and Gemma and the care staff
0:32:59 > 0:33:01that aren't all white.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I think that being here, she might actually learn something.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I don't know, but she might.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I have a right to go into your room as a member of staff.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17You ain't killing my cuddly toys.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22Three months into her stay, Steph is stable enough to be given her belongings back.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27- She's spent six weeks living in a bare room for her own safety. - How about that little rabbit?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31No! He's threatening to kill them.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- He won't kill them.- Thank you.
0:33:33 > 0:33:39This is the safest I've felt ever, nearly all my life.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44I can't put myself in danger by running away because of the bars and all that.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48It's secure and no one can get me whilst I'm in here.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Steph has not been attacked by Jess.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57The girls on phase two have overcome their frustration
0:33:57 > 0:34:01with her self-harming and have even accepted her as one of them.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04When I first found out, when I came here, I was kind of scared.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08But I sort of got used to it now cos at the end of the day
0:34:08 > 0:34:10they are still people and they've still got feelings.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16I struggle making friends at home and that, I've made more friends here than I have ever.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20All the people round here are like family.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23It's just amazing being here.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28If I could stay here I would definitely want to stay forever.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Sometimes our job is crap.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35I'm going to have a key work session with Stephanie now.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39I have to break some pretty bad news to her, really.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Hello, you, all right?
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Let's go and have a chat. We are going to go into the little TV room.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48I'm going to get straight to the point.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Not very good news, you are not going to be very happy.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56Social Services doesn't feel that you necessarily fit the criteria
0:34:56 > 0:35:00to stay in secure accommodation, so you have to go on Thursday.
0:35:00 > 0:35:06- You're joking?- I'm not. Everybody is feeling that this isn't necessarily the best thing that could happen,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08but that is the decision.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14So talk to me.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Tell me what you think.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28- Hey?- The whole point was to stop me from running and it's just going
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- to end up happening again. I've already said that to them.- I know.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36I thought they'd go by what I say.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39At least take it into consideration, but they don't.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41They haven't.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45It's just too soon.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47You can't...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50It's all being rushed.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53It's even worse because it's just...too soon.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57I just don't know.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59You don't know.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Are you scared? OK.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Come on.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Scott, have you seen them?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Is it OK to go to bedroom one?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18'Yeah, no problem.'
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Some of the girls have threatened to attack Ruby, so Lyn is moving her
0:36:22 > 0:36:26around the unit separately for her own protection.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Scott, the senior on phase two,
0:36:29 > 0:36:34is aware of the conflict with two other young people
0:36:34 > 0:36:37that are being educated in phase two at the moment.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40He just warned us to go the other way.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Ruby has applied to get out of Vinney Green
0:36:43 > 0:36:46and has had a letter saying her application has been received.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Want me to read it to you?
0:36:49 > 0:36:53And her case manager has added some personal advice.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57He's put a star there. You need to make sure your behaviour is good
0:36:57 > 0:37:02and you do not get into trouble or get any sanctions before then.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03That's a little note from...
0:37:13 > 0:37:16But Ruby has become an easy target for the other girls,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19who are trying to provoke her into fighting and losing this chance
0:37:19 > 0:37:21of getting out.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34You're doing the right thing by choosing to keep yourself away from that situation so nothing happens.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37And that's a really good choice. Well done, you.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42It's critical that the staff keep on top of who is planning to attack who.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47Jess and Ruby were bully on Tuesday, and now it's changed again.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- In two days.- Yeah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56I spoke to Ruby this morning and said, "Can you now see both sides of the situation?
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- "How you feel being in that vulnerable situation." - What did she say?- "Yeah..."
0:38:01 > 0:38:04She kind of recognises that now.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Ruby is not the only girl feeling vulnerable.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16For Steph, the downside of getting better is that she'll have to leave.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19But she's requested to stay for another four weeks.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- That decision is imminent. - How you doing, Michelle?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Four week extension, yeah.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31That's good news for her anyway. All right. Bye now.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41Some people will say that we're pandering to her needs, but it's not a bad idea to have
0:38:41 > 0:38:46another four weeks to get your head into the fact that you're going to be leaving this institution
0:38:46 > 0:38:53where you are safe, you are secure, you are basically looked after 24/7.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55They can flourish and be nurtured here and grow
0:38:55 > 0:38:58and they want a bit more of it. They don't want to be going.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01We do get that a lot, the young people don't want to leave.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Which is nice for us!
0:39:06 > 0:39:09It's a good thing, not a bad thing.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Steph's stay at Vinney Green is not dependent on good behaviour.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22But for some, it's the key to getting out early.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29When I'm sitting in here, I think of what I could be doing when I'm out.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Just wishing that I wasn't here, to be honest.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Although it's a secure unit, families are encouraged to visit.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45And most come once a week.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48I love you.
0:39:48 > 0:39:54The visits are always monitored on CCTV and some will be supervised by staff.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Got a visit.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00My mother and that. Right.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Jess is trusted to see her family alone.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Despite all they've been through with her, they come as often as they can.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I don't know if you tried cooking, Jess.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I can't cook!
0:40:11 > 0:40:14You put eggs in the microwave.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16'I look up to my mother in a way because she weren't naughty
0:40:16 > 0:40:19'when she was a kid, and I wish I was like that.'
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Her family have encouraged her to sit her exams.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33You have to make my arse look small on this.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38I want to pass them because when I go to college I can do my A-levels or something.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43And just show all my friends that I can do it, and my mother that I can.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I'm so proud of her.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Up until she went in there, she wouldn't have sat them.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I never knew that.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Fingers crossed.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- Good luck, Jess.- You all right?
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Jess has applied to go to college once she leaves.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19But she needs to get out early in time to enrol.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Having early release means a lot to me because I've got my application
0:41:23 > 0:41:27for college on the 11th and I get out on the 8th.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31If I miss that, I'll have to start next year, like.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34It's going to piss me right off as well.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38If I don't have my early, I swear I'm fucking going to go mad,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I won't even look at my GCSE results, there'll be no point.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47There's no guarantee that her early departure will be approved.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52In Jess' situation, it takes a little bit more consideration as to whether they grant it.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56I think she thinks that she may well not get it.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59She understands that it's not necessarily a matter of course.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02I think that will be disappointing for her.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10But Steph knows for sure that she's only got two weeks left.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13She's been doing well, but the staff have received
0:42:13 > 0:42:18some worrying news about her older brother who has severe disabilities.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19He's been in hospital for several weeks.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Apparently they rang last night and spoke to Abbi
0:42:24 > 0:42:28and his condition is critical and he's on a life-support machine.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31They don't think he's going to last all that long.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Because the situation is so serious,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Steph is being allowed out of the unit with a care worker
0:42:38 > 0:42:40to visit her brother in hospital.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49The staff are so worried about her mental state when she returns
0:42:49 > 0:42:52that they are searching her room for anything she could harm herself with.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Things like this that shouldn't be in here.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58A piece of plastic.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Exactly.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01For self-harm, etc.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03We'll take that.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Just taking precautions really.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Like these bits.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Probably off some clothes that she's snapped off.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15We do room searches anyway.
0:43:15 > 0:43:22However, because of the recent news she's had, we want to particularly make sure that the room is safe.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24I'm just going to take a paperclip.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29She can just open it up and she could use it to self-harm or anything else.
0:43:36 > 0:43:41Ruby has avoided any fights since she applied to get out early.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46At the weekly senior staff meeting they've received a decision.
0:43:46 > 0:43:53Ruby's early release application has been approved.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57She's going home to Nan's.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01We've got a couple of weeks left to see this through
0:44:01 > 0:44:03and see what's worked really. Finish off on a positive note.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05She's much better in school.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07She's much calmer.
0:44:07 > 0:44:13And simply being forced to do lessons one-on-one has transformed her learning dramatically.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16She's gone up two years on her maths.
0:44:16 > 0:44:17That's fantastic.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21- That's a good result. - She's done quite well really.
0:44:21 > 0:44:22Andy!
0:44:22 > 0:44:24# Shout whenever
0:44:24 > 0:44:25# And I'll be there
0:44:25 > 0:44:27# You are my love
0:44:27 > 0:44:28# You are my heart
0:44:28 > 0:44:31# And we will never ever, ever, ever be apart... #
0:44:33 > 0:44:35I don't know the rest.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Tomorrow, Friday?
0:44:37 > 0:44:40'I'm sorry, I thought you said Saturday.'
0:44:40 > 0:44:41No, tomorrow.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45The thing is, Ruby, how are we going to get you back?
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Kathleen. You sure?
0:44:50 > 0:44:52All right then, babe, I love you. See you on...
0:44:52 > 0:44:56I won't be seeing you on Friday because they go on holiday, I'll see you when I get back, yeah.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Bye, babe.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00I hope that she has changed...
0:45:00 > 0:45:02For her sake.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04She's getting older, she's not getting younger.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- Older and wiser, I hope. - She's only a baby.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08You got married when you were 16.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Yeah, but it doesn't matter,
0:45:10 > 0:45:13she's still only a child. She's only 15, she is only young.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17She knows what she's doing but she's just wild, she's still only a baby.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20She shouldn't be in there really, should she?
0:45:20 > 0:45:23While you've been in here, what do you think you've learnt?
0:45:28 > 0:45:33I think you've learnt a lot more on the social skills side of things as well.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Ruby will be missed.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41But then you move on.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46It will be a very slow, gradual process.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48I thought so.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Fade into...?
0:46:08 > 0:46:13Steph spent three days and nights at her brother's bedside.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15Tragically, he passed away.
0:46:15 > 0:46:20I got on with my brother more than I did anyone.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22I don't think it's properly hit me yet.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26I haven't really shown any emotions about it.
0:46:26 > 0:46:32Despite the staff's concern about her welfare, there is no option of extending her stay a second time.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35And a week later she has to leave.
0:46:35 > 0:46:36She's had two things to deal with.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40She's had the move from here and then her brother dying.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43It's too much, she's not robust enough to be able to deal
0:46:43 > 0:46:46with one of those things really, let alone two,
0:46:46 > 0:46:51which most, perhaps more robust people, would struggle with.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54She's only 14, we have to remember that.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00She's told staff she plans to run away at the first chance she gets
0:47:00 > 0:47:03from the regular children's home she's being moved to.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08I'm really proud of how well you've done. So just don't undo it all.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10But I ain't going to this place.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14You know what, if you get there just keep your head down for a while.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16- It's in the countryside. - Then you might
0:47:16 > 0:47:18get moved on somewhere better.
0:47:18 > 0:47:23- I ain't waiting.- But if you run away there's no guarantee that you are going to come back here.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28I'll be really sad to hear that you've run.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32In you get, the sooner we get there the sooner we can get out.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34- I don't want to go.- You'll be fine.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36You'll be OK.
0:47:36 > 0:47:41'She's going to try and get out of a window and she plans to run.'
0:47:41 > 0:47:44You have to sit in the middle on this occasion.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Steph, we need you to move up.
0:47:47 > 0:47:48You've got to move up.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53She has to sit in the middle to prevent her from jumping from the car.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56I know you don't want to but you have to.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58There isn't any choice at the moment.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Can't drive with this leg hanging out because we might get stopped.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- Move over a bit, love.- No!
0:48:04 > 0:48:06Come on.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10- In?- Yeah.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16It's upsetting, an upsetting start to the journey.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19So hopefully she'll calm down.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22She doesn't want her seatbelt on, they might have to go without it.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28It was traumatic for her today.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31It would have been nice if she could have got in the car
0:48:31 > 0:48:33and went to her new placement.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35It's not nice that she has to be physically restrained.
0:48:35 > 0:48:40It's upsetting for them, me and upsetting for her mainly.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42It's not a good start, is it, really.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53Hello. How are you?
0:48:53 > 0:48:57A decision has been made about whether Jess will be allowed to leave early.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59You know you put your application in.
0:48:59 > 0:49:04- Yeah.- What they do is look at all the paperwork that has been sent in.
0:49:04 > 0:49:09- Just tell me.- The decision was...
0:49:09 > 0:49:13- Yes.- Ah-ha-ha!
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Congratulations.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17I'm going to start crying.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21Are you pleased? Well done.
0:49:23 > 0:49:27- I've only got two weeks left now. - I know, read it, Jess.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Getting out early means she can enrol in college.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34But this is dependent on her keeping her temper while she's here.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37I haven't got my early.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39It's all right, man.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43I'm only joking, I have got it really.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Yeah.
0:49:46 > 0:49:53I'm excited about her coming home in one way, then in the other it's anticipation.
0:49:53 > 0:49:5514 days.
0:49:55 > 0:50:00- Yeah.- If she comes back out and she goes back down the drug road,
0:50:00 > 0:50:02I'm not going to put up with it no more.
0:50:02 > 0:50:07I'll have to kick her out because they don't tell you the effects
0:50:07 > 0:50:12that drugs have on the other family members, like my son.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15He never started talking
0:50:15 > 0:50:18until Jess got locked away.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20My street will be dreading it.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23The street be dreading it now I'm out.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25'I hope she's changed.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28'I really do hope she's changed.'
0:50:28 > 0:50:30All the best. Don't come back, yeah.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35After four months, it's Ruby's turn to be let out.
0:50:37 > 0:50:44If she breaks any of the rules on the outside, she could find herself back in secure accommodation.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48- Just watching and waiting. - With Ruby's nan on holiday,
0:50:48 > 0:50:52her Auntie has agreed to collect her from Vinney Green.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55It's the cleaner. Are they here yet?
0:50:55 > 0:50:57You've just got to be patient, they'll be here shortly.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59But they're not here, it's 9 o'clock.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02- I'm sure they are on their way. - She's definitely left.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04- How do you know?- She's rung me.
0:51:04 > 0:51:09- How do you know? - Cos we all know.- You are joking me.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15OK, mate. Thanks very much.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17That's it, isn't it?
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Her Auntie's been pulled at Southampton in the car for not having tax,
0:51:21 > 0:51:24so they haven't got any transport to come and pick her up.
0:51:24 > 0:51:30- Ruby?- Yeah. Reality is sometimes weirder than fiction.
0:51:30 > 0:51:36With her Auntie's car stranded, Ruby is stuck at the unit.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39I never thought poor Charlotte would be taking me.
0:51:39 > 0:51:44If a child's family fail to pick them up, the staff will take them to an already agreed address.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Don't want to see you again. No going back in.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51- Tell everyone I said goodbye. - I will do. Take care of yourself.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53We take them out of their environment, do what we can
0:51:53 > 0:51:56with them and put them back in their environment. It's what they know.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00And, actually, sadly,
0:52:00 > 0:52:03the good work becomes undone.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Do you think you will change, do you think you'll go back to it?
0:52:09 > 0:52:15I hope I change because I've done my GCSEs when I was in here and when I was out I wouldn't have done them.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20So in here, it's a good thing being in here but a bad thing at the same time, if you get me.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Because my mother and that ain't happy that I'm in here but for me...
0:52:24 > 0:52:26It's doing me some good. I've put on loads of weight, though.
0:52:26 > 0:52:32- It's not all because of the food, I don't reckon, it's because I'm off all the drugs, isn't it?- Possibly.
0:52:32 > 0:52:37I was taking loads of drugs - powder, weed.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39I used to sniff coke as well.
0:52:39 > 0:52:46The advantage Jess has got his she was here and out of that for quite a long time, approaching six months.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49And that she is a strong personality.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- You can call me fat. - Are you pregnant?
0:52:54 > 0:52:59Jess faces a final test of her temper just a week before she is due to leave.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Oh, yeah. Ha-ha(!)
0:53:03 > 0:53:06All you can do is call me fat. I don't give a fuck if I'm fat.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07Look at your fucking spot.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11All you can say is "fat", it don't bother me being fat.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14Try it, go on, hit me. Slap me in my face.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17- I'm in here for fighting.- So what?
0:53:17 > 0:53:21She said , "I'm not going to fight with you because that's what I'm in here for."
0:53:21 > 0:53:23What she meant was, "I'm trying to learn something."
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Whether she would say that, that is what she meant.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30She has definitely improved in the way she can control herself.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Fatty!
0:53:32 > 0:53:34You fat, ugly, fat slut.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36- Wanker.- Your mum's got...
0:53:36 > 0:53:39What did you say about my mother?
0:53:39 > 0:53:41- What?- What did you say about my mum?
0:53:41 > 0:53:44I didn't say anything about your mother.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47'She's certainly demonstrated that she can, not turn the other cheek,
0:53:47 > 0:53:53'I don't think Jess is a turn the other cheek type of person, but walk away and show a bit more maturity.'
0:53:56 > 0:53:58Goodbye!
0:53:59 > 0:54:03The issue for Jess is who she mixes with when she leaves,
0:54:03 > 0:54:09does she get involved in smoking the wrong things, or can she get on and turn things around and move forward?
0:54:09 > 0:54:11She can go a long way and do a lot of things.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Watch out, I'm back.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24My fags!
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Look, Mum.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39290, look.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41- What?- Mails.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Jess has got her mobile back.
0:54:43 > 0:54:48It's been five months since she had any contact with her friends.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50That's in Birmingham.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54'Jess is going to be at home and quite bored.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58'In the area that she lives there's lots of drug houses and she's really scared that she's going to end up
0:54:58 > 0:55:02'going into one of those and using drugs.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06'She doesn't want to behave like that anymore. She wants to start again.'
0:55:06 > 0:55:10Look, this is what I mean. Why mail me about raves and that when I'm...
0:55:10 > 0:55:15"Missing you, babes, can't wait for you to come out and have a sesh with me and the boys."
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I'm not blind to think that everybody is going to turn round
0:55:20 > 0:55:22and no one's ever going to commit a crime,
0:55:22 > 0:55:24no one is ever going to come back again.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27But I always think, you have to give somebody another chance.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29You've got to keep going with them.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32If somebody can get into a college programme or a school,
0:55:32 > 0:55:36perhaps it's different to what they were doing before, perhaps it builds
0:55:36 > 0:55:41on something that they learned by they were here, then there is opportunity to change it around.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45But if not, then it's back to same old, same old.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Next... The last chance for the boys
0:56:24 > 0:56:30who are growing up locked up and facing a lifetime in and out of prisons.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32I don't lose control, I just choose to get angrier.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36We all think we are bad but we know the truth, we're not bad.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Fuck the system.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41By Christmas I'll be back inside.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44It's just my life. Trouble.
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