Webinars
One in Eight: The Reality of Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Detention
This webinar is the first in a three-part series on sexual violence in youth detention.
“One in Eight: The Reality of Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Detention” addresses the juvenile detention system, focusing on the crisis of sexual abuse facing youth detainees. Expert presenters review the offenses that most often result in the incarceration of young people, and the types of facilities that are used to detain them. The session also looks at the newly released Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, which apply to youth facilities.
The webinar features talks by community advocates as well as survivors of sexual abuse in youth detention. These perspectives help shed light on why so many youth detainees — one in eight overall — are sexually victimized, and on the impact of this abuse on youth and their communities.
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