Widespread Sexual Abuse of Girls Plagued Los Angeles County Detention Camp, Women Allege

Camp Scott, an all-girls juvenile facility in Los Angeles County, Calif., in 2015. Barbara Davidson/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Richard Winton From Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES—At least 20 women say they were sexually assaulted over the course of a dozen years at Camp Scott, Los Angeles County’s all-girls juvenile detention facility, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.