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		Allen J. Beck & Timothy J. Hughes, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2004
		Chicago Tribune Op-Ed on Institutional Conditions, 5/16/06
		CJJ Report Overview: Detention Reform
		Commission on Safety & Abuse in America's Prisons: Report on Conditions of Confinement
		Fact Sheet on IL Juvenile Justice Department
		Institutional Conditions Research Index
		MTV Series Goes Behind the Walls of Lake County "Juvie", Post Tribune, 1/28/07
		OJJDP Residential Facility Census 2002
		OJJDP, Planning Community-based Facilities for Violent Juvenile Offenders as Part of a Systems of Graduated Sanctions, August 2005
		Press on IL Juvenile Justice Department
		Psychiatric Disorders of Youth in Detention, OJJDP, April 2006
		Reforming Juvenile Delinquency Treatment to Enhance Rehabilitation, Personal Accountability, and Public Safety
		Advocates Needed to Safeguard Rights of Youth in DOJ Conditions Cases, Brian Blalock and Pat Arthur, Youth Law News, Oct.-Dec. 2006
		An Overview of the JDAI Facility Site Assessment Process, Center for Children's Law and Policy, May 2006
		Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities, Justice Policy Institute, November 28, 2006
		GAO Report on Abuses in Residential Treatment Programs, October 2007
		New Juvenile Hall Delivers a Message, Mercury News, July 30, 2006
		New report available on the JDAI help desk -- Beyond Detention: system transformation through juvenile detention reform
		NJJN POSITION STATEMENT ON CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT
		PbS Goals, Standards, Outcome Measures, Expected Practices and Processes, PbS Learning Institute, Inc., April 2008
		Texas YC Ombudsman Report on Private Youth Prison, October 2007

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There are approximately 27,000 youth in secure detention institutions on any given day, an increase of almost 100 % since 1985. [more facts]