"Neville Husband carried out at least 368 sexual offences against young men and boys between 1969 and 1985 while working at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham, but is believed have committed hundreds more crimes, taking the total past the 450 committed by Jimmy Savile. Adrian Usher, the prisons and probation ombudsman for England and Wales, has compiled a 202-page report on the conduct of staff at Medomsley from 1961 to 1987, in which he describes Husband as possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history."
"Husband, a former church minister and scout troop leader who died in 2010, is thought to have groomed and attacked hundreds of trainees in Medomsley's kitchens, where he worked. Men and boys aged 17 to 21 who had been convicted of relatively minor crimes were sent to Medomsley where the ethos of the short, sharp shock was in place to deter them from reoffending. Usher said the policy was supposed to create an atmosphere so unpleasant that they would never want to return."
Neville Husband, a former church minister and scout leader, worked as a prison officer and caterer at Medomsley youth detention centre. He groomed, raped and tortured boys and young men there between 1969 and 1985, with at least 368 recorded sexual offences and hundreds more believed committed. Medomsley held trainees aged 17 to 21 under a short, sharp shock regime intended to deter reoffending, creating an environment of deliberate harshness. Evidence indicates abuse continued from the centre's opening until its closure and that knowledge of abuse within the Prison Service, police, Home Office and other authorities was ignored and dismissed. Wardens were either complicit or incompetent in handling allegations, and the offending likely extended beyond Medomsley to previous employment.
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