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Cobham Youth Justice Centre, formally known as Cobham Remand Centre, has a long and shocking history of child abuse. For decades, countless children within the centre<\/a> have been subjected to illegal strip searches, violent assaults and severe sexual abuse by officers.<\/p>\n

Kelso Lawyers has represented victims of sexual abuse, violence and staff misconduct at Cobham dating as far back as the early 1980s and as recently as the 2020s.<\/p>\n

Are you a survivor of abuse in Cobham or other youth detention centres?\u00a0Click here to share your story with us<\/a>. You may be eligible for compensation.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For every perpetrator who has been charged, many others have thus far escaped justice. Kelso Lawyers has had the great privilege of assisting a large number of former Cobham residents in seeking compensation for the harm caused by these predators, even in cases where the victim has been unable to recall the officer\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

In 2020, it was revealed that Cobham failed to implement new laws around the legal conduct of strip searches. The Inspector of Custodial Services reported that over 4,000 partially clothed strip searches had been conducted at Cobham, with only 23 banned items (most of which were largely harmless) found as a result of these searches.<\/p>\n

In reality, the situation is far worse; many former Cobham residents have described being stripped fully naked and searched illegally on multiple occasions throughout their time in the institution. In some cases, this then led directly to their being sexually abused by those conducting the searches.<\/p>\n

If you were abused in Cobham or other youth detention centres, we want to hear from you. We will fight for you.\u00a0Click here to share your story<\/a>, or call us on\u00a0(02) 4907 4200<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13272,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[251,403],"tags":[22,408],"class_list":["post-13004","institutions","type-institutions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional-abuse","category-youth-detention-abuse","tag-nsw","tag-nsw-institutions"],"yoast_head":"\nOffending Institution: Cobham Youth Justice Centre - Kelso Lawyers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kelsolawyers.com\/au\/institutions\/cobham-youth-justice-centre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Offending Institution: Cobham Youth Justice Centre - Kelso Lawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cobham Youth Justice Centre, formally known as Cobham Remand Centre, has a long and shocking history of child abuse. 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