Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth detention center

(23 Jul 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago 23 July 2024 ++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++ 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Todd Mathews, attorney: We filed suit yesterday on behalf of 193 survivors against Cook County for the atrocious conditions at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center over the ++BLACK FRAMES++ 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Todd Mathews, attorney: The people behind me and the other people we represent were directly impacted and their lives were changed forever and completely. This has to ++BLACK FRAMES++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Todd Mathews, attorney: Pay particular attention to the age of these kids. We ve got folks as young as nine years old who were ++BLACK FRAMES++ 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerome Block, attorney: This is the prison like environment where children are still being held today. ++BLACK FRAMES++ 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerome Bl