
Police were alerted to the claims of “unnecessary use of force and the use of improper language” as a result of a BBC Panorama investigation into Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) in Rochester that is yet to be broadcast.
It is understood the allegations include staff punching a young person in the ribs, another being slapped several times on the head, and staff pressing heavily on the necks of young people.
There are also claims that staff at the STC, which is run by private firm G4S, used unnecessary restraint techniques and that staff boasted of using a fork to stab one young person in the leg, and making a young person cry uncontrollably.
A spokesman for Kent Police said: "Following a referral from the Medway Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), Kent Police is investigating allegations that have been made regarding reports of abusive behaviour (physical and verbal) at a secure training facility in Medway."
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