Synopsis
Panorama goes undercover to expose harrowing evidence of young people being hurt and threatened by custody officers who are supposed to protect them.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2016
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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