Three victims tell Guardian about their ordeal as nearly 300 sue LA county over decades of sexual abuse by officers
Maisha said she had heard stories of staff sexually abusing girls, but didn’t think of it as “abuse” at the time since the misconduct was so normalized inside the facility and in her life. She had already been sexually violated by an adult a year prior to her incarceration, she said: “We viewed it as ‘girls messing with older guys’. It’s awful. I was used to it.” The complaint details repeated assaults by the officer who forced himself on her.
The suit alleges that some victims were targeted by multiple officers, and that some officers were serial predators. Ms Jones said she was molested when she was jailed at 12 years old and then repeatedly raped when she returned to the system at about 15. At least one staff member was aware of the abuse during her second stint.“This woman knew what was going on, and she didn’t stand up and help us. That really messed me up,” she recalled. “I felt disgusting and violated.
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