Tag Archive for: prison rape

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A Boy Among Men: What Happens When You Throw a Teenager into an Adult Prison? Guess.

Three years ago, the young man who would later be known as John Doe 1 shuffled into the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. The town of 11,000 residents, which sits in the remote center of the state, houses five prisons,…
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Guard Sexually Assaulted Girl at Juvenile Jail in Orange County, Sheriff’s Office Says – The Orlando Sentinel

Juvenile corrections officer was arrested today for the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl at the Orange Regional Juvenile Detention Center. Read more.
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Raise the Age

By Sarah Krantz, Esq.   According to the Campaign for Youth Justice, 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated as adults each year in the United States.[1] While charging youths under the age of 18 may seem counterintuitive,…