The newly appointed administrator of a settlement fund for survivors of abuse at state-run youth facilities rebuffed concerns about his ability to operate independently.
Joshua Nye, who oversaw New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center during months of recent turmoil that included allegations of abuse, an extended lockdown, and injuries to staff and children, has resigned. The announcement comes a day after lawmakers investigating the abuse allegations called on Nye to be replaced, citing “extreme failure of leadership.”
I was a child in the custody of the state of New Hampshire when the abuse began. The people who were paid to protect me did the opposite, and for decades the state looked the other way. I carried that alone for years. No acknowledgement, no accountability, and no voice.
“Ninety-nine percent of us were children who were abused and neglected and we ended up in a place where the abuse continued at a higher level. It was far worse,” she said.
Gerard Boyle, a retired Concord Circuit Court judge, is the attorney general’s nominee for administrator of the YDC Settlement Fund to determine the outcome of abuse claims filed by people detained at the state’s former juvenile detention center decades ago.
A former Youth Development Center counselor is serving a 20 year to life sentence on two counts of being an accomplice to the rape of a 16-year-old boy 28 years ago at the state-run juvenile facility.
Stephen Murphy, former employee of the Youth Development Center accused of multiple rapes of a teenage boy, was found not guilty Wednesday of three of the felony charges.
The jury deciding the guilt or innocence of Stephen Murphy, accused of raping a teenage boy 28 years ago at the Youth Development Center, is returning to court for a third day on Wednesday to continue their deliberations.
A Hillsborough County Superior Court Northern District jury deliberated for about six hours Monday without reaching a verdict in the case of Stephen Murphy, accused of repeatedly raping a teenage boy he was supposed to mentor at the Youth Development Center.
Stephen Murphy took the stand Friday and in a booming voice said that allegations he sexually assaulted David Meehan 28 years ago are “absolutely false and baseless.”
he state on Thursday rested its case against Stephen Murphy, a former Youth Development Center youth counselor charged with eight counts of raping a teen 27-28 years ago at the state’s juvenile detention center.
David Meehan, taking long pauses and deep breaths at times, testified Wednesday to being forced to perform fellatio on Stephen Murphy, during their “one-on-one” counseling sessions at the Youth Development Center in the late 1990s.
For the second time this year, Stephen Murphy is sitting in a courtroom being tried on allegations he repeatedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy 28 years ago at the Youth Development Center, the state’s juvenile detention center.
Hundreds of Manchester residents gathered on Thursday, October 16th for a public info session about the future of the Sununu Youth Services Center property colloquially known as the YDC. The room was already packed when I arrived well before the official start time. It was an impressive display of our community’s civic engagement.
Public comment during the Oct. 21 meeting was uncharacteristically brief, but two Ward 1 residents made their voices heard over the future of the former Sununu Youth Development Center property, urging city leaders to keep control of the site’s destiny and maintain their neighborhood’s quiet, residential character.
The future of the 144-bed Sununu Youth Services Center will take center stage on Oct. 16 when the public is invited to hear from city and state officials at Brady Sullivan Tower, 1750 Elm St., to discuss what many describe as a once-in-a-generation redevelopment opportunity for Manchester, the region, and the state.
James Woodlock was led out of a courtroom in handcuffs Monday after a jury found him guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to the rape of a teenage boy 28 years ago at the Youth Development Center.
James Woodlock is either a man who beat and choked a 16-year-old boy and acted as a lookout so his Youth Development Center co-workers could rape the teen, as prosecutors contend, or he is an innocent man accused of horrific acts that he says never happened, per the defense
The trial of James Woodlock, a former Youth Development Center youth counselor accused of being an accomplice to the rape of David Meehan dating back 28 years when he was a 14-year-old boy detained in the juvenile facility, opened Tuesday.
Jonathan Brand, a former supervisor at a state-run youth detention facility, was found not guilty of sexually molesting a 14-year-old boy 18 years ago.