We realised that we needed to do some more research into Young Offender's Institutions, so we could provide a realistic representation as a code and convention of soap is that it is a dramatised version of real life.
Below are some links that we used to learn more about the YOI's. We didn't want to copy and paste information as there are copyright laws protecting information such as on the following websites.
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/adviceandsupport/prison_life/juvenileoffenders/
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/adviceandsupport/prison_life/youngoffenders/
We were particularly shocked by stories such as the following:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207011/Child-inmates-living-extraordinary-squalor.html
And used this for ideas for storylines, that could be seen in the last flashing montage of plotlines that the soap would cover.
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/adviceandsupport/prison_life/bullying/
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/adviceandsupport/prison_life/selfharm/
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/PrisonAndProbation/DG_181856
We also looked at news stories about young people being convicted and used these as background stories for some of our characters.
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