Adam: Call for Change ; Boy Killed Himself After Being Punched by Staff
The Journal › September 04, 2007
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Summary
AN inquiry into the death of a 14-year-old boy at a County Durham secure unit has called for an urgent review of the use of restraint techniques that involving punching children.
Adam Rickwood, of Burnley, Lancashire, became the youngest person in Britain to die in custody after he killed himself at a privately- run centre in 2004.See the full content of this document
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Adam: Call for Change ; Boy Killed Himself After Being Punched by Staff
The teenager hanged himself with his shoelaces while on remand at Hassockfield Secure Training Centre, near Consett.
An inquest j...See the full content of this document
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