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Article

27 Jan 2011

Author:
Martin Wainwright, Guardian [UK]

Unlawful force contributed to death of boy, 14, in cell [UK]

An unlawful use of force contributed to the decision of a 14-year-old boy to take his own life at a youth custody centre, an inquest jury has concluded. Adam Rickwood, from Burnley in Lancashire, was found hanged in his cell at Hassockfield Secure Training Centre [run by Serco] in…August 2004…The jury concluded there had been a serious system failure at the centre which led to an unlawful regime…[T]he teenager's mother Carol Pounder, said…"What I have not had is for Serco or the Youth Justice Board (YJB) to put their hands up and say: 'Sorry, we got it wrong'…Serco has expressed its condolences to Adam's family.