Survivors of alleged child sex abuse in Illinois detention centers speak up
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Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse.
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Lawsuit alleges pervasive child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers for decades
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Survivors of alleged child sex abuse in Illinois detention centers speak up
A lawsuit alleges that child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades. A complaint filed Monday in the Illinois Court of Claims details disturbing
Dozens of former juvenile inmates, now adults, say they were abused by Illinois correctional workers. Lawsuits in other states have made similar claims.
CHICAGO (AP) — Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse.
A group of 95 people filed a lawsuit in Illinois on Monday alleging they were sexually abused as children in juvenile detention centers across the state for over two decades.
CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers as children.
Rampant sexual abuse occurred unchecked for decades at Illinois’ juvenile detention centers, a new lawsuit alleges, citing hundreds of incidents over more than two decades.
Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse.