Category: Institutional Abuse & Neglect
Survivors and Attorneys Speak Out About Sex Abuse in Cook County Juvenile Court System
“We’ve got folks as young as 9 years old who were abused. This happened over and over and over again from 1995 until current. It’s still going on. We will continue to have press conferences and file lawsuits until the folks in Springfield and Cook County hear us and do something.”
BG Files Additional Complaints on Behalf of 272 Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Against the State of Illinois
Bailey Glasser announces that it has filed new complaints on behalf of 272 survivors of sexual abuse against the State of Illinois, alleging that the Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice failed to protect them from sexual abuse perpetrated by adult employees at State-operated Illinois Youth Centers and Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.