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| Georgia DJJ Commissioner Responds to Detention Center Sexual Abuse Reports |
| By jjie.org - James Swift |
| Published: 06/10/2013 |
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ollowing the release of a recent Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery D. Niles released an official statement responding to the report’s claims that the state’s juvenile facilities post among the highest rates of sexual victimization in the nation. The new BJS report, which uses findings from the 2012 National Survey of Youth in Custody, cited Georgia as one of four states — along with Ohio, South Carolina and Illinois — with the highest rates of juvenile facility sexual victimization in the country. According to the BJS, four of the 13 facilities with the highest rates of sexual misconduct in the nation are found in Georgia, including the Paulding Regional Detention Center, which has detainee victimization rates in excess of 30 percent. Read More. |
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