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KentOnline Podcast: Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution in Rochester is not safe enough according to inspectors

13:13, 18 February 2020

updated: 13:14, 18 February 2020

Our top story today is about a youth jail in Kent which inspectors say is still not safe enough.

They found high levels of violence at Cookham Wood in Rochester when they visited last September - a report into that visit has just been published.

Also in today's podcast: why spit kits have been given to bus drivers in part of Kent, how a removable barrier planned for Kent has been a success in New Zealand for decades and the Gills look to extend their unbeaten run.

Listen to some of KentOnline's other podcasts by clicking the links below.

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