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Suit: Clark County failed to protect children in its custody

Complaint: ‘culture of abuse’ at Juvenile Justice Center

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Clark County’s Robert L. Harris Juvenile Justice Center, shown Jan. 11, 2010. (The Columbian files)

A Vancouver law firm has filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight juveniles against Clark County, alleging staff at the county’s juvenile detention facility sexually abused detainees over a span of decades.

Schauermann Thayer filed the complaint Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court, alleging the abuse was widespread and involved children as young as 13 held at the Clark County Juvenile Justice Center between 1978 and 2014.

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