A Grim Scenario.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Someone I know works with young women who are at risk of abuse. Its a council based initiative that covers a wide range of issues, such as rape victims and prostitution. This is based in a major UK city which I wont mention.

A young girl who, as far as I'm told, was put into a safe accommodation to keep her away from the high risk of prostitution rings that she was faced with, has been taken out of the accommodation and sent back home, even though the risk remains. This is chilling enough I think, but what's equally chilling is that the staff (from management down) are contractually obliged to keep quiet about this. It is not allowed to be discussed.

I thought I'd post about it here - my theory is that places like this are tossing out victims due to public sector cuts. Maybe others here will have some stories and or knowledge to share. What's terrible, other than the fate of the poor girl and probably more like her is the fact that workers have to bite the bullet and stay silent or risk losing their jobs.

[Spawn of Stalin]

Yeah it probably has something to do with the cuts, a lot of bad things like this are going to come of it. I was reading my local paper today, apparently the prosecution service are going to start charging suspected criminals by way of a letter in the mail, all in the name of cutting police bureaucracy...you won't even have to be arrested to be charged with a crime.

Also read that new police powers will enable the cops to send under 16s home if they are not accompanied by an adult in an effort to tackle anti-social behaviour, why deal with the problem when you can just send it home, right? This of course has been criticised by children's charities who are rightfully concerned about kids suffering abuse...but who cares when apparently it's going to save 1.5 million hours of police work a year?

[Spawn of Stalin]

A lot of people don't even realise that this is because of the cuts, they just think cuts = less bus passes