Ex-inmate calls for inquiry into alleged abuse at UK detention centre

Home secretary told current inquiry won’t hear Medomsley evidence because of age cut-off

Former inmates of a detention centre who claim they were sexually or physically abused have asked the home secretary, Sajid Javid, for their own public inquiry.

Last week John McCabe, a former inmate of Medomsley detention centre, told Javid in a private meeting at the House of Commons that the victims he represented had been failed by the ongoing independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA).

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