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Even as more states try to take responsibility, lawmakers weigh the financial liability.

Avery Fauntleroy was 16 years old in 2008 when he entered the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, a juvenile detention center in Maryland.

What was meant to be a place of rehabilitation for him became something far worse.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

And America wonders why younger generations are disengaged.

  • One in 10 children will experience contact sexual abuse in the U.S. before age 18
  • More than 50% of sex abuse survivors were sexually abused before the age of 12
  • One in 25 children (10-17) will receive an online sexual solicitation
  • Of substantiated reports of child maltreatment in the US, 9% were unique survivors of sexual abuse
  • The average age for a minor to enter the sex trade is 12 – 14
  • 42.2% girls experiencing their first completed rape did so before the age of 18 (29.9% between 11-17 years old and 12.3% at or before age 10)
  • Over one-quarter of male victims of completed rape experienced their first rape at or before the age of 10
  • Children with disabilities are 2.9 times more likely than children without disabilities to be sexually abused
  • Children with intellectual and mental health disabilities appear to be the most at risk, with 4.6 times the risk of sexual abuse as their peers without disabilities
  • At least 31% of girls and 7% of boys involved in the juvenile justice system have been sexually abused Source