With the knowledge I have of rape in Illinois prisons, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it occurs in juvenile detention centers as well.
Even back in the mid-to-late 1990’s when I was exposing what scores of inmates wrote me.
The difference is that the abuses boys and girls back then didn’t write letters to a legislator.
Now, as adults, hundreds are suing the State.
Below are links to some of the stories about their abuse:
- NBC Chicago: Former juvenile inmates claiming sexual abuse by staff in Illinois grows to more than 900
- Tribune: Another 107 former detainees allege sexual abuse in Illinois and Cook County youth detention centers
- Fox Chicago: Nearly 1,000 lawsuits allege sexual abuse at Illinois, Cook County juvenile detention centers
- More than 900 people now say they were abused at Illinois youth prisons
- Shaw Local: Survivors’ lawyers say Illinois has one of nation’s worst records on sex abuse in juvenile detention
