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Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

  • Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, as reported by 95 men and women in a lawsuit filed Monday.
  • Alleged incidents from 1996 to 2017 included gang rape, forced oral sex, beatings, and groping by various staff at nine youth centers.
  • The lawsuit accuses the state of Illinois, Department of Corrections, and Department of Juvenile Justice of failing to supervise, discipline, or investigate alleged abusers, allowing the abuse to persist.
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Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

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

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Lawsuit alleges pervasive child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers for decades

By Eric Levenson and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — 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. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees “sexually abused Claimants and/or negligently allowed or failed to prevent sexual abuse of Claimants while they were children in the legal and ph…

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Lawsuit alleges pervasive child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers for decades

By Eric Levenson and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — 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. The 186-page suit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, alleges state employees “sexually abused Claimants and/or negligently allowed or failed to prevent sexual abuse of Claimants while they were children in the legal and ph…

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Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

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.

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Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

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. The lawsuit details alleged incidents of abuse from 1996 to 2017, including gang rape, forced oral sex, beatings and groping of children by corrections officers, sergeants, nurses, therapists, a chaplain and others a…

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Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

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.The lawsuit details alleged incidents of abuse from 1996 to 2017, including gang rape, forced oral sex, beatings and groping of children by corrections officers, sergeants, nurses, therapists, a chaplain and others at nine youth cen…

13 days ago·Miami, United States
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