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Feds: 12% of youth in custody sexually abused; 2 TYC facilities among worst offenders

In light of the TYC sex abuse scandal a couple of years ago, it's remarkable to see this new survey of youth in custody from the Bureau of Justice Statistics which found that "About 12% of youth in state juvenile facilities and large non-state facilities ... reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another youth or facility staff in the past 12 months."Of those, "About 2.6% of youth ... reported an incident involving another youth and 10.3% reported an incident involving staff." (Honestly, I'd have expected those numbers to be reversed.) Further, according to the accompanying press release:Nearly half of the youth victimized by another youth reported they had experienced physical force or threat of force (46 percent), 30 percent had been offered favors or protection, and 17 percent had been given drugs or alcohol...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).