UK government policy allows adults to deliberately inflict pain on a child in certain circumstances. For Adam Rickwood the consequences, 15 years ago today, were lethal.
Gareth Myatt died 15 years ago today after being restrained by G4S prison guards. Carolyne Willow shares some of what she’s learned investigating the abuse and neglect of children in state care.
An official manual governs the use of restraint on children in custody. It was published with 182 redactions. Carolyne Willow campaigns for transparency. This week the Court of Appeal hears her case.
In England nobody is counting. How official secrecy and obfuscation on sexual abuse, restraint and injury put children at risk. See also Five more arrests and another critical inspection report for G4S child prisons.
Joseph Scholes and Adam Rickwood died within weeks of being placed in penal institutions. Carolyne Willow met the boys’ mothers, and tells their stories in her shocking book, Children Behind Bars.
