Medomsley detention centre saw hundreds sexually abused
An officer at a former youth detention centre sexually assaulted hundreds of inmates, it has emerged.
But the regime - the"short, sharp, shock" designed to steer them away from a life of crime - was described as brutal, with one former inmate likening it to a"concentration camp, run on violence".Ray Poar, who was 17 at the time, said the abuse had left him feeling ashamed all his life He said:"He shoved me against the wall and he had his hand around my throat, squeezing and squeezing tighter and tighter, and all the time telling me that I was going to do what he wanted."It was the same every time from then on. It became part of the day.Another victim, Dave Stoker, who has since died, was also aged 17 when sent to Medomsley for minor theft.
This became one of the largest investigations of its kind in the UK and the force said the current number of potential victims was"1,668 and rising". "When they got there they were faced with what is effectively a brutal regime, and if you ended up in the kitchen you would almost certainly be raped or sexually abused."A Freedom of Information request submitted by the BBC to the Ministry of Justice revealed the MoJ has spent"£3.6m on damages settling 237 private law claims for compensation relating to sexual abuse committed by Neville Husband.
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