An officer at a notorious detention centre for young offenders was “possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history”, an inquiry has concluded.
Neville Husband was jailed in 2003 for abusing five teenagers at Medomsley in County Durham, where hundreds of young men were subjected to physical and sexual attacks by prison staff between 1961 and 1987. He died in 2010.
A report by Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Adrian Usher catalogues a string of missed opportunities to stop the abuse and failures by the Home Office, police forces and prison managers.
Durham Police has apologised. The Ministry of Justice has been approached for comment.
