Exclusive: Staff shortages at Cleveland youth detention centre led to teenager being confined to his cell for more than 20 hours a day
However, Andrew Morris, the acting deputy director of the Cleveland youth detention centre, told the court that the separation report was not an accurate representation of the actual time Michael was kept locked in his room.
Supplementary reports supplied by youth justice only covered a portion of Michael’s 744 days in detention. If taken as reflective of his entire two-year period in youth detention, Michael would have spent about 530 days in solitary confinement for more than 20 hours. Morris conceded, under questioning, that about 70% of the times Michael was recorded as “separated” were due to staffing shortages at Cleveland, when employee ratios at the detention centre fell below requirements. Other occasions were due to “incidents” at the centre, only one of which was related to Michael’s behaviour.
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