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However, the three Democrats on the 10-member committee voted to reject the revised plan saying the proposal is still difficult for victims to navigate, does not properly acknowledge the trauma the abuse inflicted, and will compensate most victims well below the statutory cap of $1.5 million.
“However, there was an incident involving youths not complying with their evening responsibilities.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.