A woman who worked at New Hampshire’s youth detention center three decades ago says supervisors and staff were dismissive at best and menacing at worst when she reported suspected abuse.
FILE - The Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, N.H., stands among trees, Jan. 28, 2020. Karen Lemoine, a woman who worked at New Hampshire’s youth detention center three decades ago, testified Wednesday, April 10, 2024, that supervisors and staff were dismissive at best and menacing at worst when she reported suspected abuse. BRENTWOOD, N.H.
Referring to a state law that outlines the facility’s mission, attorney David Vicinanzo asked Lemoine if her workplace provided a “wholesome, caring environment.”Kansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice facing aggravated assault charge after high-speed crash in DallasShe recalled kids cowering in fear in the corner of their rooms as she approached, including one boy who screamed “you don’t know what it’s like!” before describing a violent rape.
Lemoine said her initial attempts to raise concerns were met with polite brushoffs, but things soon escalated. A house manager crumpled up her written complaints and threw them at her. The superintendent said perhaps Lemoine was the problem. As she walked down dark corridors on her night shift, male staffers would “hip check” her and hiss “ rat!” “I felt terrified for the rest of the night,” she said.
According to Lemoine, officials also made her sign a confidentiality agreement and threatened that she could end up in jail if she ever spoke of the incident. When she asked the administrator if any other action would be taken, “He stood up, pointed at me and said ‘Get the out of here,’” she said.in which the state attorney general’s office has been simultaneously prosecuting perpetrators and defending the state against allegations raised in the civil case.
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