Criminal Justice

Dozens More Lawsuits Filed Over Sex Abuse In NJ Youth Jails

By: Dana DiFilippo (New Jersey Monitor) Thirty people who say they endured sexual abuse while incarcerated as minors sued the state Tuesday for negligence, accusing officials of hiring, training, and supervision failures that created a decades-long “culture of abuse” in New Jersey’s youth prisons. The new lawsuits accuse officers and others who worked in youth […]

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