Levy Konigsberg Attorneys Moshe
Maimon and Clark Binkley have
filed lawsuits on behalf of twenty-five men who allege
they suffered sexual abuse when they were confined as juveniles at
New Jersey's juvenile detention
facilities, bringing the total number of claims to
100.
NEW YORK,
April 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Levy Konigsberg has filed
lawsuits this week against the State of
New Jersey, alleging that the state failed to protect
children from rampant sexual abuse at the state's juvenile
detention facilities, including the New Jersey Training Schools at
Jamesburg and Skillman. The lawsuits, brought on behalf of
25 men who were abused as children at these facilities, are the
latest in a string of New Jersey
juvenile detention abuse lawsuits spearheaded by Levy
Konigsberg.
LK Files Lawsuits on Behalf of 25 Men Who
Were Sexually Abused as Juveniles Across 4 NJ Juvenile Detention
Facilities.
As detailed in the lawsuits, New
Jersey's juvenile detention system has for generations been
an embarrassment for New Jersey,
with reports dating back to the 1980s detailing the horrific
conditions and abuse at facilities like Jamesburg and Skillman. At the time, the head of the state's
Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit noted that conditions at these
facilities were likely to lead to increased rates of abuse.
Unfortunately, the warning signs went ignored by the state, and in
2010, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report finding
Jamesburg to have one of the
highest rates of sexual abuse among juvenile detention facilities
nationwide. As a result of the state's failure to act, generations
of children suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards,
counselors, and other staff members who were supposed to be looking
out for them.
The suits filed by Levy Konigsberg were brought under
New Jersey's Child Sexual Abuse
Act ("CSAA"), a 2019 law that expanded the statute of limitations
for filing civil lawsuits in cases of child sexual abuse. Most of
the survivors seeking justice in these lawsuits were abused many
years ago, some as far back as the 1980s, suffering in silence
until their claims were finally made possible by the CSAA. Despite
the years and decades separating their experiences, the twenty-five
men whose claims were filed this week experienced disturbingly
similar patterns of abuse across four different facilities,
evidencing a systemic failure by the state to protect the children
in its care.
In announcing this week's filings, Levy Konigsberg Partner Moshe
Maimon stated:
"For too long, vulnerable children in the state's custody have
suffered unthinkable abuse at juvenile detention centers across the
state, victims of a broken juvenile justice system. The state had a
responsibility to these children and it failed that
responsibility."
Levy Konigsberg has filed hundreds of lawsuits on behalf of
survivors of sexual abuse nationwide, and is at the forefront of
CSAA litigation in New Jersey,
having filed some of the first lawsuits about the widespread sexual
abuse in New Jersey's juvenile
detention facilities. Earlier this year, The Associated
Press covered Levy Konigsberg's lawsuit on behalf of 50 men who
were abused at Jamesburg.
Interested parties can read the article here.
Levy Konigsberg represents over 200 survivors of sexual abuse at
New Jersey's juvenile detention
facilities and plans to continue fighting tirelessly on their
behalf.
For additional information about childhood sexual abuse lawsuits
spearheaded by Levy Konigsberg, media members and journalists are
encouraged to reach out to Attorney Moshe
Maimon by using the law firm's contact form:
https://www.levylaw.com/contact-us/
Media Contact: Moshe Maimon,
MMaimon@levylaw.com
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