Bresha Meadows Thought You’d Understand [Huffington Post]

Kelsey Visser 10/17/1910:24 AM

By Melissa Jeltsen, Huffington Post

Bresha has an ACE score of 7. While extremely high, it is not out of the ordinary for girls in juvenile justice. An estimated 45 percent of female juvenile offenders have an ACE score of five or higher, according to a Department of Justice report. Like Bresha, 31 percent were sexually abused prior to incarceration.

For many children, you can draw a straight line between the trauma they experienced and the crime that put them behind bars. They’re not bad kids, they’re hurt ones.

To read this full story by the Huffington Post, go to: https://www.huffpost.com/entry...8081e4b087efdbb23973

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