Britain is failing young people in custody | Letters

Gareth Myatt, who was asphyxiated while being restrained at a young offenders’ institute in 2004.Inquest’s work with bereaved families has consistently revealed a litany of systemic neglect, violence, institutional complacency and short-sighted policies which contribute to the deaths and harm of children and young people (Report on Northants children’s prison finds rise in violent incidents, 9 August).Ten years ago, in July 2007, the judge at the inquest into the death in 2004