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Settlement Reached to Address Abuses, Disability Discrimination in Pa.'s State-Run Youth Facilities
In March, a comprehensive settlement agreement was reached in a lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) against ...
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Over 200 lawsuits filed as Senate report exposes systemic abuse in PA juvenile facilities
Allegations of sexual abuse at juvenile facilities across Pennsylvania have prompted over 200 lawsuits, according to Jerome Block of the Levy Konigsberg law firm. A 2024 Senate report titled ...
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Lawsuits claim dozens of children were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile facilities
— A set of lawsuits was filed Wednesday by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile detention and treatment facilities, making more than 200 people to have ...
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Several civil lawsuits filed by victims of abuse in juvenile detention centers around Susquehanna Valley
Dozens of people who claim they suffered physical and sexual abuse as children while in juvenile detention facilities in Pennsylvania are now suing. Three of the facilities are in the Susquehanna ...
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In 4 years, little progress on lawsuits involving former juvenile center
The plaintiffs and defendants in ongoing litigation over the long-shuttered Delaware County Juvenile ... facility. Suits from McGarrigle and others followed, and now number 11 separate lawsuits ...
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Dismissal of complaint by ‘juvenile lifer’ upheld
The term “juvenile lifer” refers to an inmate who was arrested for a murder committed when he or she was under 18 years of age. Under Pennsylvania ... filed a civil lawsuit in March 2020 ...