Category: Community Safety
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | November 2025 A damning new report from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman reveals that prisoners with epilepsy are dying at alarming rates, with systemic failures in diagnosis, care planning and emergency…
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By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial He Licked His Lips While Watching A LITTLE GIRL — and He Was Operating The Fucking Ride Barry Island.A warm summer day.Families lined up, kids squealing with joy, adults sipping drinks…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…
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©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial And nobody dares call it what it is… They call it “safeguarding.”They call it “protection.”They call it “in the child’s best interest.” But when thousands of children are forcibly removed…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A brutal comparison the system doesn’t want you to make If a man was found online trying to radicalise a 12-year-old into violence, the state would respond with force: But…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial What Happens When You Expose a Predator — and Nobody Listens I didn’t expect applause.But I didn’t expect silence either. Not after this. Two predators.Both came forward.Both admitted they were…
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An investigative series ©️ by Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “Another predator came to me. Begging to be exposed. It’s happening again — and it is not an accident.” When the first predator came to me —…
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Survivors Speak — The Real Cost of a Sexualised Childhood “I thought it was normal.”“I thought it was love.”“I didn’t know I was being groomed.”We hear this again and again. And every time we ignore the warning, more children are…
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© By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Before the series drops — you need to understand why I’m doing this. And why I will not stop. I am writing this because I have seen what most of…
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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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© 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 | 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 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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