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Medomsley Detention Centre
Medomsley Detention Centre was a prison for young male offenders near Consett in County Durham, Durham, England from 1961 until the late 1980s, where more than 1,800 living former inmates have reported sexual and physical abuse by staff. Police believe many of the staff belonged to a child sex abuse ring. Seven former officers were jailed for abusing detainees, receiving sentences totalling nearly 34 years. Two were convicted of sexual offences in 1990, 2003 and 2005, while the other five were jailed for physical abuse in 2019. Context Medomsley Detention Centre was operated by the Home Office and built in 1960 on what was once a Victorian orphanage. It opened in February 1961 and closed in the late 1980s. It usually held around 70 young detainees, mostly from northern England, and could hold 130. Inmates were aged 17 to 21, and were typically there for their first offence and for a minor crime, the penalty for which would nowadays be a non-custodial community sentence. Detention ...
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Consett
Consett is a town in County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019. History Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. Its' name originates in the Old English ''Cunecsheafod'' ("Cunec's headland"), first recorded in the 13th century. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground were coking coal and blackband iron ore, and nearby was limestone. These three ingredients were needed for blast furnaces to produce iron and steel. The town is perched on the steep eastern bank of the River Derwent and owes its origins to industrial development arising from lead mining in the area, together with the development of the steel industry in the Derwent Valley, which is said to have been initiated by immigrant German cutlers and sword-makers from Solingen, who settled in the village of Shotley Bridge during the 17th century. During the ...
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David Caldwel
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