A group of state lawmakers have decided the proceeds from selling the Sununu Youth Services Center should go to the state’s general fund, rather than directly into a settlement fund for victims of abuse at that facility. The move doesn’t preclude the state from using that money to compensate victims, but it doesn’t guarantee it. […]
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Joshua Nye, who ran New Hampshire’s youth detention facility in Manchester for less than six months, has resigned, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week. “Joshua Nye submitted his resignation on May 20, 2026, effective immediately, and it was accepted by DCYF Director Marie Noonan,” Jake Leon, spokesperson for the department, wrote […]
The New Hampshire House and Senate finished their last traditional voting days Thursday, taking action on hundreds of bills as they seek to wrap up the year. Now comes the messy part. While the hearings, floor debates, and major amendments to the bills are done, most of the legislation that has passed is still not […]
The Sununu Youth Services Center has been rocked in recent weeks by new allegations of abuse and neglect, and Cinde Warmington, a Democratic challenger in the New Hampshire governor’s race, blames Gov. Kelly Ayotte and a budget cut she signed into law. Specifically, Warmington points to cuts to the Office of the Child Advocate. The […]
Cassandra Sanchez packed up her desk at the Office of the Child Advocate weeks ago, but her final day still hasn’t arrived. Sanchez has served as New Hampshire’s child advocate, the official watchdog that oversees the state’s youth-focused systems, such as the foster care or juvenile justice, since 2022. She’s the second person to hold […]
The Disability Rights Center-NH has announced that it too has found evidence of potential abuse occurring at the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly known as the Youth Detention Center or YDC, in Manchester — just weeks after the Office of the Child Advocate independently released its own findings of potential abuse and neglect. In a […]
New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Christopher Bond said during Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting that the state Department of Justice is doing its own investigation into potential abuse and neglect at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. The allegations were first reported last week by the Office of the Child Advocate — a state watchdog […]
The Sununu Youth Services Center, which for several years has been embroiled in perhaps the largest youth detention center abuse scandal in U.S. history, is facing new concerns about abuse and neglect. “We’re still right in the middle of our investigative phase right now,” Cassandra Sanchez, New Hampshire’s child advocate, said. “But we did learn […]
The New Hampshire Executive Council is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to confirm Gerard Boyle, Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s pick for Youth Development Center settlement fund administrator. Boyle’s confirmation would solidify the transition of the administrator position from independent to political appointee. The YDC settlement fund is a pool of money the state set aside […]