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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Dominic Raab faces legal action after refusing inquiry into abuse of thousands of boys in detention centres

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Dominic Raab faces legal action over his refusal to trigger a public inquiry into the abuse of thousands of boys held in youth detention centres from the 1960s to 1980s.

More than 2,000 victims have come forward from a single facility – Medomsley in County Durham – and many more have reported mistreatment at centres across England during the same period.

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