More than 900 people have now come forward charging they were sexually abused at state-operated Illinois youth centers and the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
Attorneys on Wednesday announced that 107 additional names have been added to a class-action lawsuit. They say their clients were sexually abused while underage during a timespan that crosses several decades — from 1995 to 2022.
The victims have filed complaints against the state and county over how they’ve handled sexual abuse in their juvenile detention facilities. CBS News Chicago previously reported on hundreds of similar cases last year…