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Lawmakers Call to Arm Prison Rape Victims with Legal Aid
By jjie.org - Susan Du
Published: 08/02/2013

Julie Biehl, director of the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University, panned one glaring contributor to Illinois’ soaring rates of sexual abuse in youth prisons: the lack of advocacy on the part of incarcerated children.

“Although the public is not aware of this,” she said, “Illinois does not provide attorneys for incarcerated youth.”

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