Supporting Those seeking justice and compensation

 Institutional or organisational abuse doesn’t just involve sexual abuse, it can include physical, emotional, as well as psychological abuse. Generally, every case will be different, and everyone will experience varying degrees of abuse within the same or similar institution or organisation. 

What applies to all institutions and organisations regardless or location or structure is that it is unacceptable, unjustifiable, and against the law to abuse anyone within your care. 

A few examples of institutions or organisations where abuses have been revealed and prosecuted are:

• Children’s homes
• Correctional Centres
• Department of Child Safety 
• Disability institutions
• Foster Care
• Hostels and emergency accommodation
• Immigration detention
• Juvenile detention centres
• Mental hospitals
• Missions
• Orphanages
• Out-of-home care
• Police Care 
• Psychiatric facilities
• Reformatories
• Religious institutions
• Schools
• Sport & recreation groups
• Training schools

In many of these locations, the abuse is committed by staff or personnel who take advantage of their position of power to abuse those in their care or protection. 

In certain instances, institutional or organisational abuse can occur over years or even decades. This is because of a damaging culture where abuses are ignored, overlooked, or covered up to protect the name of the institution. 

We need to be aware that times have changed and many cases of abuse in well-known schools, correction centres, religious institutions and care homes have been exposed and prosecuted.

If you’re worried that a friend or family member been abused in an institution or organisation, please contact us so we can provide assistance, care and support them with their pursuit for justice and fair compensation.