Adam Rickwood was 14 when he was found hanging in his room at Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in County Durham on 9 August 2004. He was on remand facing a charge of wounding and had been restrained by custody staff hours before his death.
Deborah Coles, of bereavement charity Inquest, said the case raised serious questions.
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