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Published: 02/23/10

Between the Lines: One Boy's Version of Juvenile Justice

By  Bonnie Goldstein - Politics Daily
Between the Lines: One Boy's Version of Juvenile Justice

Below is a three-page statement by Troy Isaac, part of his testimony to a House judiciary subcommittee hearing on safety conditions at juvenile detention centers. Isaac was incarcerated as a preteen "after an altercation I had with other kids in my neighborhood." He was only 12 years old but, he told subcommittee chair Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), and members of the committee, "after a couple of days, one boy forced me to have oral sex with him in the shower area," and within less than a week at the youth jail, "I was raped by another older boy." Describing his despair and confusion at the ...

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