The New Hampshire attorney general's office has reached a $10 million settlement with Michael Gilpatrick, who alleged he suffered gang-rape at the state's youth detention center in the 1990s. Gilpatrick's case was part of a larger wave of claims against the facility, which reportedly involved serious abuse from staff. This settlement marks a significant figure, substantially exceeding the state’s normal settlement fund limits, though it is less than a prior jury's award in a similar case. Gilpatrick, now 41, shared traumatic experiences of being abused at the detention center, which he described as a harrowing environment devoid of support.
"There was nobody you could go to at YDC to talk to. You were literally stuck in your own thoughts, in your own fear every single day."
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