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Sununu Youth Services Center Juvenile Detention Incident ‘Challenging to Control’
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“However, there was an incident involving youths not complying with their evening responsibilities.”
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Police Respond to Report of a Riot at Sununu Youth Services Center
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MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester police and New Hampshire State Police were on scene at the Sununu Youth Services Center at 1066 River for a reported riot Tuesday night.
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AG Withdraws $100M YDC Settlement Plan, Will Resubmit With Changes
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The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee agreed Wednesday to allow Attorney General John Formella to withdraw his proposed claims process for the $100 million settlement fund for victims of abuse while children at the Youth Development Center with plans to resubmit it with changes at a later date.
David Meehan
YDC Survivor, Attorneys Criticize AG’s Compensation Plan
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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.
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Former YDC Worker Indicted in Connection with Second Resident
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Jonathan Brand (age 57) of Concord, N.H. has been indicted by the Hillsborough County Grand Jury in connection with the on-going investigation for one additional offense involving a former resident of YDC.
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Child Abuse Lawsuit Raises Questions About Mount Prospect Academy Leadership
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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.
Courts & Corrections
Young Man Who Suffered Abuse As a Child in State Custody Looks to the Future
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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.
Charles Douglas
Judge Clears Way for Hundreds of YDC Child Abuse Lawsuits
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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.
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Lawyers for YDC Abuse Victims Blast AG’s Draft Settlement Proposal As a ‘Trap’
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“Rather than forcing victims to choose either accepting a low-ball settlement or pursuing justice through litigation, the process should focus on providing the victims with a true measure of justice outside of litigation that provides just compensation for the grievous harms suffered at the hands of state actors,” Attorneys Rus Rilee and David Vicinanzo, who represent the victims, wrote to Formella.