Lawsuits allege at least 70 girls sexually assaulted in LA juvenile camps: media

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 70 girls incarcerated in Los Angeles County juvenile camps and detention facilities were sexually assaulted by probation and detention officers, with the abuse spanning more than three decades, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday, citing newly expanded litigation filed on Thursday.

The allegations follow a similar lawsuit filed in March in which 20 women said they were sexually assaulted over the course of a dozen years at Camp Joseph Scott, Los Angeles County's all-girls juvenile detention facility, reported the biggest newspaper on U.S. West Coast, adding that two new lawsuits filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court replace that case and expand on its accusations.