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Hassockfield death ruling paves way for compensation claims

JournalLive — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:07:00 GMT

THE unlawful death of a 14-year-old boy in a County Durham secure training centre may have paved the way for a flood of compensation claims.

Mum of Adam Rickwood welcomes recommendations

JournalLive — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:17:00 GMT

RESTRAINT techniques which inflict pain should not be used against young people in custody, a report has recommended.

Questions to be asked at centre where boy died

JournalLive — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

AN MP is planning to visit a secure centre for children, where a 14-year-old took his own life, over concerns raised at the inquest into the youngster’s death.

Mother's justice fight for Adam Rickwood is rewarded

JournalLive — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:26:00 GMT

A MOTHER’S six-year fight for justice was rewarded yesterday when a jury returned a damning verdict on practices at a County Durham secure unit for damaged children.

Hassockfield staff 'unaware' of boy's self-harming

JournalLive — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:15:00 GMT

FOUR staff who physically restrained a teenage boy and struck him on the nose were unaware of his tendency to self-harm when angry, an inquest heard yesterday.

Hassockfield boss wanted to ban restraint technique

JournalLive — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:16:00 GMT

THE boss of a secure unit where teenager Adam Rickwood died planned to abolish a painful nose restraint just days before his death, an inquest heard.

Unlawful restraint was rife at Hassockfield institution

JournalLive — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

UNLAWFUL restraining of “vulnerable children” was rife at a County Durham institution where a young boy killed himself, an inquest heard yesterday.

Officer acted ‘on instinct’, Rickwood inquest hears

JournalLive — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A CARE officer who struck a juvenile inmate on the nose hours before the teenager killed himself used a controversial restraint technique “on instinct”, an inquest heard.

Inquest told tragic teen Adam Rickwood misbehaved

JournalLive — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A BOY was left unattended locked in his cell with his face covered in blood after being “restrained” by four male guards, an inquest into his death heard yesterday.

Inquest hears of death of teen Adam Rickwood

JournalLive — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:14:00 GMT

A TEENAGER who committed suicide in his prison cell was taken off an at-risk list weeks before his death, an inquest heard.