Juvenile detention abuse allegations are on the rise around the ... - NPR
WEBMay 17, 2024 · A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.
‘Dying Inside’: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention
WEBOct 29, 2022 · Repeated abuses, overlooked complaints and a surge in suicide attempts at a detention center with powerful allies.
Investigation finds falsified Dallas County juvenile detention …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · A state investigation released Monday found that minors in Dallas County's juvenile detention center were isolated for 24 hours a day, sometimes for several days. In 2023, the Office of Inspector ...
How the Juvenile Detention Crisis Is 'Cruel and Unusual'
WEBAug 13, 2022 · Black youth there are 8.7 times more likely to be incarcerated than their White peers. In Louisiana, it’s about six times more, and nationwide about four times, all according to data from The Sentencing Project. Meanwhile, as of this summer, there are no girls incarcerated in the state of Hawaii.
All 9 teens who escaped from a Pennsylvania juvenile detention center ...
WEBSep 18, 2023 · CNN — All nine teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, Sunday evening were captured Monday morning, police said, after a multiagency search that...
Jailed teens say boredom, basic needs got them arrested : NPR
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Youths say boredom and basic needs landed them at Maryland detention centers. Youths incarcerated at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center attended a career fair. An 11-year-old accused...
Lawsuits allege rampant sexual abuse at Cook County Juvenile Detention ...
WEBJul 23, 2024 · File photo. On Monday, attorneys filed two lawsuits against Cook County and the State of Illinois, alleging decades of abuse at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC), formerly ...
Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth ...
WEBJul 23, 2024 · The latest Illinois lawsuits allege that sexual abuse at a Chicago juvenile detention center, formerly known as the Arthur J. Audy Home, was pervasive. The victims ranged in age between 9 and 17 years old.
Former residents of New Hampshire youth center demand federal ...
WEBAug 25, 2023 · Frustrated former residents of New Hampshire’s only youth detention center are pushing for a federal investigation into allegations of decades of abuse. The Sununu Youth Services Center...
New Hampshire youth detention center treated teen like sex …
WEBApr 9, 2024 · BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — Workers at New Hampshire’s youth detention center treated a teenage boy like a “sex slave and a punching bag,” and the state itself laid the groundwork for the abuse, an attorney argued Tuesday as the first of more than 1,000 lawsuits alleging similar horrors went to trial.
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