In a municipal children’s home in Salford, Greater Manchester, teenagers spent years tattooing permanent designs on each other — and none of the adults intervened. The British Ofsted inspectorate, which checks standards of education and care, recorded a picture in its report that looks like chronic indifference: children obtained tattoo equipment themselves, held “sessions” in bedrooms and on the street, and instead of helping, caregivers confiscated their bus passes, depriving them of meetings with family. The result of the inspection is the worst possible rating, “Inadequate,” and three official notices to the Salford Council to rectify gross violations.