4 out of 5 girls in juvenile detention have been abused, report says
Up to 80 percent of girls held in the juvenile justice system have been victims of sexual and physical abuse, according to a report released Thursday, which recommended that incarcerated girls get screened for trauma or sexual exploitation at intake.
In “The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline” (PDF), the authors from Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality, the Human Rights Project for Girls the Ms. Foundation for Women argue that many girls end up behind bars as a direct result of their abuse, in part due to laws in many states that allow police to arrest minors for prostitution.
The report says many girls who have been trafficked into the sex industry are arrested instead of being recognized and treated as victims of sexual abuse.
“It’s victim-blaming of the worst kind,” Lindsay Rosenthaal, one of the authors of the report, said in a conference call to reporters.
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