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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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The number of lawsuits alleging abuse at New Jersey child treatment centers reaches 150

New Jersey Youth Detention Sex Abuse - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The number of lawsuits alleging sexual assaults and other abuse at two now-closed state-run child treatment centers in New Jersey has risen to more than 100 after two more were filed this week.

Two suits involving 16 people were presented Thursday in Superior Court in Monmouth and Somerset counties by victims whose names have been withheld. They are seeking damages stemming from alleged abuse at the former Arthur Brisbane Treatment Center and the Training School at Skillman, both of which have been shuttered for decades.

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