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Abuse claim youth prison Medway to return to state control
THE government is to step in to take over the running of scandal-hit private youth prison Medway Secure Training Centre from G4S.
It was at the centre of claims that staff assaulted children in their care.
A source told the BBC that the prison in Rochester, Kent, would be taken over by the Ministry of Justice and run through the National Offender Management Service by the end of July.
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