Scandal in Idaho Shines Light on Victimization of Young People by Staff. In a federal survey of juvenile inmates, about 90% of youth who said
they were victimized by staff were males reporting sexual activity with
female staff.
When a local nurse’s son was sent to the juvenile corrections center
here at age 15, she was upset, but relieved that he would be away from
drugs and gangs. The single mother said that the “night he went in, I
felt bad, but I could sleep because he was safe.”