Protecting Children from Detention Abuses
Jan 22, 2010, Sandra Simkins, Philadelphia Inquirer
We have learned from the Luzerne County scandal that children need lawyers when they appear before a judge. A recently released Department of Justice report shows why they also need access to lawyers when they are sent to juvenile detention facilities.
The report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics revealed that an estimated 12 percent of youths sentenced to detention reported being sexually victimized by another youth or a facility staff member. The national survey designated Pennsylvania's…
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