Lawsuit: Alabama Youth Home Staff Encouraged Brutal Fights and Failed to Help Teen Who Was Repeatedly Assaulted September 5, 2024 Staff in an Alabama youth home stand accused of instigating violent fights between residents and failing to protect one resident from physical, verbal, and emotional abuse by other residents and staff. Attorneys have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the father of the teenage victim. The complaint details horrific abuse, alleging that the facility’s staff […] Read More
Data Emerges as a Tool to Combat Human Trafficking July 1, 2024 An investigation by The Independent, published yesterday, shows that alleged sex trafficking at Red Roof Inn hotels has reached “epidemic levels.” According to The Independent reporters, hundreds of sex trafficking victims are filing lawsuits against the massive hotel chain and its franchisees, accusing them of turning a blind eye and profiting from human trafficking abuse. […] Read More
$20 Million Allocation for Dozier Survivors Marks Historic Call to Action for Legal Community June 22, 2024 Attorneys who pushed legislators to compensate abuse victims at Florida youth “reform schools” of the past urge lawyers to stop history from repeating itself in residential treatment facilities of the present. Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation bill (HB 21), initiating a $20 million allocation to […] Read More