Dozens more lawsuits filed over sex abuse in NJ youth jails

Thirty people sued the state for creating a "culture of abuse" in New Jersey's youth jails. The lawsuits are the latest of nearly 500 now filed.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 674

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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Thirty people who say they endured sexual abuse while incarcerated as minors sued the state Tuesday for negligence, accusing officials of hiring, training, and supervision failures that created a decades-long “culture of abuse” in New Jersey’s youth prisons.

The new lawsuits accuse officers and others who worked in youth justice facilities from the 1980s through the 2010s of inappropriate strip searches, coercive sexual contact, and rape. Abusers sometimes bribed those in their custody …

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