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Oregon reached a settlement with 11 men who alleged sexual abuse by a longtime MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility doctor after records revealed years of complaints and internal warnings.
Former Charles H. Hickey Jr. School employee Ronald Neverdon was sentenced to 10 years in prison after admitting he sexually abused 11 boys between 1968 and 1991.
Thirty more survivors have filed sexual abuse lawsuits against New Jersey youth facilities, bringing the total number of claims involving children in state custody to nearly 500.
The number of people alleging childhood sexual abuse at a Washington juvenile detention facility has nearly tripled since eight survivors filed suit earlier this year. One employee accused by multiple survivors was recently offered a promotion by Clark County.
A former New Hampshire youth detention counselor is on trial on 21 sexual assault charges in a scandal that has generated more than 1,100 civil abuse lawsuits.
At least 88 more former wards allege they were sexually abused while housed in San Diego County juvenile halls or foster-care facilities, including Polinsky Children’s Center. The new lawsuits bring the number of pending childhood sexual abuse plaintiffs against the county to more than 300.
Thirteen former Oregon Youth Authority employees say agency leaders received years of warnings about a physician now accused of sexually abusing young men in state custody.
A new lawsuit alleging sexual abuse in San Bernardino County juvenile detention facilities follows an earlier case brought by 136 former detainees and adds to growing scrutiny of alleged institutional failures spanning decades.
More than 50 lawsuits allege that children were sexually abused by correctional officers at Louisiana’s former Jetson Youth Center, as advocates oppose plans to reopen the facility and survivors face a June 2027 lookback deadline.
A federal lawsuit accuses Snohomish County of allowing staff at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett to abuse children in custody during the 1990s and early 2000s. Eight survivors say county employees ignored complaints, failed to follow federal safety standards, and enabled a culture of neglect that left minors vulnerable to exploitation.