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LA Times Today: ‘No one interfered’: Sex abuse in L.A. County juvenile halls in spotlight at Senate hearing

LA Times Today: ‘No one interfered’: Sex abuse in L.A. County juvenile halls in spotlight at Senate hearing

Watch L.A. Times Today at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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A 2003 law was supposed to end the rape of prisoners in correctional facilities across the country. But a recent congressional hearing made clear that sexual violence has not only persisted, but is happening to children, too.

The reports of sexual abuse have resulted in a deluge of lawsuits. L.A. Times reporters Andrea Castillo and Rebecca Ellis wrote about it.

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