More than 200 men and women allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois.
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Monday's complaints, based on the accounts of 272 people, name several repeat offenders. A handful have been convicted of sex crimes but not stemming from the accusations in the lawsuits. At least one employee accused in a lawsuit filed Monday still works for the state, according to state records. Most abusers are identified only as the survivors remembered them, including by physical descriptions, first names or nicknames.
The lawsuit, filed in the Illinois Court of Claims, seeks damages of roughly $2 million per plaintiff, the most allowed under law. Children were as young as 11 when they were abused, according to the lawsuit, which seeks damages of $100,000 per plaintiff. Some of the 50 plaintiffs are seeking more damages in a third lawsuit filed Monday in the Illinois Court of Claims.
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