Abuse in Juvenile Detention Centers

This article from CNN discusses the horrendous conditions of juvenile detention centers in the U.S. The images that start off the analysis are appalling:
"Girls as young as 13 say they were shackled for weeks at a time in Mississippi."
"A Texas teen was allegedly offered birthday cake in exchange for sex."

Reports about this type of abuse have been public for many years and yet this horrendous abuse still persists, because these teens and children are some of the most vulnerable people in our societies, with no one to speak for them.

On another note, it is interesting how abuse of girls is almost always presented as sexual and abuse of boys is almost always physical, when in reality the children in these jails suffer from both, regardless of their gender.