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Policy Experts Address the Challenges Facing LGBT Youth in Lockup
OJJDP Webinar examines difficulties in providing adequate services to detained LGBT populations “Why are we focused on LGBTQI youth all of a sudden?” said Mykel Selph, director of the Office of Girls...
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In Prison, A Boy’s Horrible Life
Rape is not sex. No matter how superficially similar the acts might seem, they are fundamentally different. Most reasonable people would agree, and in our society rape is considered a crime. There is...
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OP-ED: Everyday Assaults of Young Offenders in Adult Prisons
The panel, sponsored by Boston College, was titled “Youth in Prison: The Reality of the System.” I was there to share my experiences as a teacher who worked with teenagers, some as young as fifteen,...
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As Prisons Prepare for PREA, Impact on Youthful Inmates May Be Major
In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) — a federal legislative proposal that sought to curb incidents of sexual assault in both adult prisons and juvenile detention facilities — was signed...
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UPDATE: Idaho Juvenile Facility First to be Certified PREA Compliant
Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center UPDATE: March 11, 2014 The Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center (SIJDC) in Caldwell, Idaho became the first detention facility of any sort to be...
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Sexual Abuse of Youth in Custody: What Makes a Facility Sexually Safe?
If you work in the world of juvenile corrections, you’ve read the stories: reports of a staff member sexually abusing or harassing a youth in confinement. It has become clearer that this is not a...
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Of 1,762 confirmed incidents of youth being sexually harassed, abused or assaulted in juvenile facilities from 2013 through 2018, roughly 28.3% involved adult staff victimizing youth and 71.6% involved...
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