More than one in six juvenile prisoners in Ohio reported being forced or coerced into sexual activity with other prisoners or with prison staff members, according to a nationwide survey. State officials say they have upgraded detention centers and increased supervision to help reduce sexual victimization of juvenile offenders. Ohio’s juvenile detention system continues to
A new federal report has found the number of kids who say they have been sexually victimized in juvenile detention centers has dropped across the U.S. compared with past years. But remarkably high rates of sexual abuse persist in 12 facilities stretching from Oregon to Florida, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report released
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., December 11, 2019 — A report by the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) finds that sexual abuse has decreased significantly in youth detention facilities. Overall, 7.1 percent of youth reported being sexually abused in their current facility over the previous year — a sharp decline from the previous
