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By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial PART 3: When Education Becomes Indoctrination “We just want them to be educated.”But who’s deciding what that education looks like?And who profits from it? In theory, schools should be the firewall…
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By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial PART 2: Pornified Minds — What Kids Are Really Being Exposed To “We didn’t teach them this.”No — but porn did. They say childhood is sacred.But what happens when a child’s…
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By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial PART 1: The New Normal — Sexualising Children in Plain Sight “She’s just dancing.”“They’re just clothes.”“You’re overreacting.” We’ve heard it all before. But let’s be clear: if you need to defend…
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Castration as Cure? As an investigative journalist who’s spent some time covering grooming networks and the state’s repeated failures to protect children, I’ve seen this pattern too many times: the headlines promise a hardline fix, but the deeper problems stay…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Moving beyond awareness into action — a survivor-led guide to protecting children before harm happens. Awareness Isn’t Enough Anymore We’ve raised awareness. We’ve had campaigns. We’ve worn the ribbons. But…
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© By Sophie Lewis | HMP Prisons Justice Group | @sophielewiseditorial Multiple serious medical incidents were allegedly reported inside HMP Parc on 21st of March 2025, including three separate “code blue” alerts, an attempted suicide by hanging, and a suspected…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial An unflinching look at how the justice system fails child sexual abuse survivors and why ‘not enough evidence’ is a sentence in itself. When “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” Leaves Survivors…
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By Sophie Lewis | HMP Prisons Justice Group | @sophielewiseditorial While celebrities accused of violent crimes walk free on million-pound bail, everyday people are being recalled to prison for minor infractions. This month, global superstar Chris Brown was granted £5…
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© By Sophie Lewis | HMP Prisons Justice Group | @sophielewiseditorial More serious allegations have emerged from inside HMP Parc, where a prisoner is reported to have been the victim of a boiling water attack involving sugar and then allegedly…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why child sexual abuse happens in the places we least expect — and how appearances can deceive us all. The Dangerous Comfort of Assumptions There’s a quiet lie that floats…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial An honest look at what happens when adults who were never protected grow up to become protectors. They Never Got What They Now Have to Give There’s a quiet group…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A deep dive into one of the most silenced and misunderstood forms of child sexual abuse. Nobody Wants to Talk About This One Out of all the forms of child…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why society still refuses to believe that women can sexually abuse — and what it’s costing survivors. We Don’t Want to Believe It There’s a collective discomfort when the topic…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of the biggest myth fuelling child sexual abuse silence. We Like to Think We’d See It Ask the average person what a child abuser looks like,…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial You didn’t leave your name. You didn’t need to. Your words said everything. They carried the weight of a stolen childhood, the betrayal of someone meant to protect you, and…
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