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. […]

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 voted unanimously Wednesday to approve Gerard Boyle as administrator of the Youth Development Center settlement fund, a pool of money established to compensate victims of abuse in New Hampshire’s juvenile justice system. The fund was established after an avalanche of allegations emerged describing assaults, rapes, and emotional abuse perpetrated by […]