A group of state lawmakers have decided the proceeds from selling the Sununu Youth Services Center should go to the state’s general fund, rather than directly into a settlement fund for victims of abuse at that facility. The move doesn’t preclude the state from using that money to compensate victims, but it doesn’t guarantee it. […]
Joshua Nye, who ran New Hampshire’s youth detention facility in Manchester for less than six months, has resigned, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week. “Joshua Nye submitted his resignation on May 20, 2026, effective immediately, and it was accepted by DCYF Director Marie Noonan,” Jake Leon, spokesperson for the department, wrote […]
New Hampshire may soon penalize people for falsely reporting someone to the Division for Children, Youth, and Families over alleged abuse or neglect. The New Hampshire Senate passed House Bill 1565 Thursday and sent it to Gov. Kelly Ayotte for final approval. If signed by the governor, the bill will impose misdemeanor criminal penalties on […]
On Thursday, New Hampshire House lawmakers approved a bill aimed at addressing rampant and systemic abuse and neglect in New Hampshire’s disability care system. State Sen. David Rochefort, a Littleton Republican, said the “genesis” of Senate Bill 670 was a series of articles published by the Bulletin in November. New Hampshire’s Bureau of Developmental Services […]
The Sununu Youth Services Center has been rocked in recent weeks by new allegations of abuse and neglect, and Cinde Warmington, a Democratic challenger in the New Hampshire governor’s race, blames Gov. Kelly Ayotte and a budget cut she signed into law. Specifically, Warmington points to cuts to the Office of the Child Advocate. The […]
The Disability Rights Center-NH has announced that it too has found evidence of potential abuse occurring at the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly known as the Youth Detention Center or YDC, in Manchester — just weeks after the Office of the Child Advocate independently released its own findings of potential abuse and neglect. In a […]
New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Christopher Bond said during Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting that the state Department of Justice is doing its own investigation into potential abuse and neglect at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. The allegations were first reported last week by the Office of the Child Advocate — a state watchdog […]
The Sununu Youth Services Center, which for several years has been embroiled in perhaps the largest youth detention center abuse scandal in U.S. history, is facing new concerns about abuse and neglect. “We’re still right in the middle of our investigative phase right now,” Cassandra Sanchez, New Hampshire’s child advocate, said. “But we did learn […]
During a meeting meant to address safety gaps in New Hampshire’s disability care system, a group of care providers said they believe the state doesn’t have enough investigators looking into abuse and neglect. “There’s too few investigators,” Michelle Donovan, the New Hampshire director for the care agency Living Innovations, said. “Quite frankly, there’s not enough […]
After the New Hampshire Senate passed a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening oversight of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the state, the House is preparing to vote on the legislation, which was introduced as a response to reports of abuse, neglect, and untimely deaths. The bill targets the state’s developmental disability […]