article_snippet.sent: He also said gangs controlled entire wings at the jail in Hounslow, south west London, leaving staff afraid to visit some areas of the prison for fear of being attacked.
article_snippet.sent: There were high levels of 'unpredictable and reckless' violence among the 240 boys aged 15 to 18 at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution last year , a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons found (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year, it was revealed that inmates at Feltham represent 48 different gangs, fuelling a 'constant juggling' by prison officers to keep the boys apart.
article_snippet.sent: A report found there were high levels of 'unpredictable and reckless' violence among the 240 boys aged 15 to 18 at the young offenders' institution, a significant amount of which was gang-related.
article_snippet.sent: Around a quarter of the boys - most of whom are from the London area - were placed on so-called 'keep apart' lists to tackle gang-related violence, inspectors from Her
article_snippet.sent: Some incidents were deemed 'very serious' by inspectors and involved gangs of boys attacking a single boy or member of staff in a 'very determined way'.
article_snippet.sent: Feltham is divided into two sites, with boys aged 15 to 18 held in site A, and 400 young adults aged 18 to 21 in site B. Mr Hiett said B. Mr Hiett tried to raise B. Mr Hiett concerns several times internally before B. Mr Hiett eventually approached Jeremy Wright – who was the Minister for Prisons at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Despite calls for an overhaul, Feltham was named last year as the most violent prison in England and Wales by the Howard League for Penal Reform.
article_snippet.sent: However, and as the report also acknowledges, the young people placed in Feltham are some of the most challenging of the cohort we have across the youth secure estate. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Said gangs also control full wings at Feltham Young Offenders Institution .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Feltham Young Offenders Institution named as the most violent prison in England and Wales last year .