Sununu Youth Services Center DRCNH

Ongoing Monitoring and Investigations

We have conducted multiple investigations of the Sununu Youth Services Center, a secure facility for youth detention and commitment, which houses many children with mental health and emotional disabilities. Read our findings in the reports below.

DRC-NH Report (May 8, 2018)

Unlawful Use of Physical Restraint at Sununu Youth Services Center Manchester, NH

This report presents the results of an investigation the Disability Rights Center-NH (DRC) conducted into the physical restraint and injury of a child with disabilities held at the Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC). DRC concluded that the actions of SYSC’s staff violated several provisions of New Hampshire law regulating the use of restraint against children and constituted abuse under federal law.

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Image of the title page of DRC-NH report: Unlawful Use of Physical Restraint at Sununu Youth Services Center Manchester, NH

DRC-NH Report (January 2009)

On Allegation of Use-of-Force and Mechanical Restraint Against a Detained Youth at the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center on

First Report

The Disabilities Rights Center (“DRC”), after an extensive investigation, substantiated an allegation of abuse and neglect committed by two residential youth counselors against a fourteen-year old male youth with emotional disabilities housed at the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center (“SYSC”)…

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Image of report cover page: Sununu Center Employees Abused and Employed Unnecessary and Excessive Force Against a 14-year old with Emotional Disabilities

DRC-NH Report (October 2010)

The Use of Force and Restraint and Adequacy of Mental Health Care at the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center

Second Report

Prompted by information the Disabilities Rights Center (“DRC”) obtained from a prior investigation, DRC initiated a broad investigation as to whether practices, including the use of force and restraints at the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, New Hampshire (“SYSC”) placed youth at risk of harm.

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Image of cover page of DRC-NH Report: The Use of Force and Restraint and Adequacy of Mental Health Care at the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center