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The lead survivor in the civil lawsuit against the state for physical, sexual and emotional abuse he and hundreds of others suffered as children in state custody spoke out as part of a second letter to Attorney General John Formella this week criticizing the proposed process for compensating victims.
July 29, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/07/29/ydc-survivor-attorneys-criticize-ags-compensation-plan/A new complaint in the lawsuit against YDC contains horrific allegations backed by a former guard saying staff encouraged one resident to kill himself by slipping razor blades under his door, orchestrated a campaign that led to him being raped and then recruited older residents to rape the former guard who is now speaking out.
July 19, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/07/19/new-complaint-ydc-guards-enticed-teen-to-slash-wrists-orchestrated-his-rape/One of the lawsuits filed against the state and contractors that provide juvenile services raises questions about the leadership of Mount Prospect Academy in Plymouth where some of the 700 people suing the state say they were abused as children in state custody.
July 15, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/07/15/child-abuse-lawsuit-raises-questions-about-mount-prospect-academy-leadership/As a child, he endured more horrific abuse than most people could bear, according to his civil lawsuit – one of hundreds against the state and its contractors for decades-long mistreatment of children in state custody.
July 14, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/07/14/young-man-who-suffered-abuse-as-a-child-in-state-custody-looks-to-the-future/Merrimack Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman has cleared the way for hundreds of Sununu Youth Services Center abuse survivors to sue the state over the horrific abuse and decades of coverup by state leaders.
July 9, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/07/09/judge-clears-way-for-hundreds-of-ydc-child-abuse-lawsuits/The men and women suing the state claiming they were sexually and physically abused while incarcerated at the Youth Development Center in Manchester as minors have asked the court to allow their cases to go forward.
June 14, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/06/14/450-ydc-abuse-victims-want-their-cases-to-move-forward/Gov. Chris Sununu on Friday signed 29 bills into law and vetoed four, including HB 1625, a bill repealing the prohibition on entering or remaining on a public sidewalk adjacent to a reproductive health-care facility.
May 27, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/05/27/republicans-democrats-recap-session-successes-sununu-signs-29-bills-vetoes-4/A $100 million victims fund for youths who were sexually abused at the hands of state employees while incarcerated at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester has been approved by the Senate, despite Democratic concerns that it excludes certain victims from accessing the fund.
May 5, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/05/05/100m-fund-approved-for-dcyf-victims-democrats-say-its-too-narrow/Lawyers for the victims in the Sununu Youth Detention Center abuse lawsuit says the state’s proposed settlement agreement is a trap.
May 4, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/05/04/lawyers-criticize-states-abuse-settlement-proposal/