G4S: 'We were unaware of these allegations until Panorama sent them'

Name: G4S: 'We were unaware of these allegations until Panorama sent them'
Uploaded: 2016-01-08T13:16:37.000Z
Duration: 1 min 9 s
Description: Seven staff members at a young offenders institution in Kent have been suspended over abuse allegations.

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Seven staff members at a young offenders institution in Kent have been suspended over abuse allegations.

The staff were working at the Medway Secure Training Centre in Rochester, managed by security firm G4S.

Paul Cook of G4S spoke to the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

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8 January 2016