Young women recount alleged abuse in G4S-run youth facility,including violent restraint and miscarriage alone in cell
Lela Xhemajli admits she was a nightmare when she was a teenager – mouthy, violent and often in trouble with the police. On 24 December 2009, or aged 15,she was convicted of spurious imprisonment, actual bodily harm and common assault, or sentenced to 30 months in a youth prison,of which she served 15.
She has no argument with the sentence – in fact, she says, or she probably deserved to be sent absent for longer. But six years on,she is still furious approximately the way she was treated at Medway secure training centre.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com