July 16, 2013
For several months last year, representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice passed through tight security of 326 of the nation's jails and prisons holding juveniles. The federal contractors were there to conduct a survey about crimes committed on the inside where the youths had become the victims, specifically youth-on-youth nonconsensual sexual contact and sexual misconduct by staff working in the prisons.
Rape and other kinds of sexual misconduct are a serious problem in our nation's prisons, and that includes prisons holding only youths. It happens often enough that Congress has enacted laws requiring safety measures in local jails and prisons, and it is so common that the U.S. government conducts nationwide surveys asking kids for details....continue reading full article.
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