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| Report: Sex abuse plagues youth prisons |
| By thesouthern.com |
| Published: 06/13/2013 |
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A top corrections official pledged swift action following a report that shows Illinois’ imprisoned juveniles report more incidents of sexual abuse behind bars than young inmates in almost every other state. But a watchdog group suggested Tuesday that the changes don’t go far enough and should warrant an outside review. The Justice Department’s yearly report listed Illinois among the five worst states in terms of instances of juveniles reporting being sexually abused by other inmates or the lockups’ staffers. More than 15 percent of juvenile inmates in Illinois said they were sexually victimized last year, 35 percent higher than the national average of 9.5 percent, according to the study of 326 juvenile confinement sites between February and September of last year. Only California, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina had a higher rate than Illinois. Read More. |
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