Carolyne Willow, Crae’s national co-ordinator, said: "We have tried everything possible to persuade ministers that former child detainees who were unlawfully restrained in STCs [secure training centres] should be given the opportunity to challenge their abusive treatment. These children were held in regimes where unlawful restraint and the brutal nose, rib and thumb 'distractions' were common practice.
"Even the managers and the Youth Justice Board claimed to be confused about the law. It’s a disgrace that no attempt has been made to find these child victims. We are talking about hundreds, if not thousands, of children."
Details of unlawful restraint practices have emerged over recent years.
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