Trauma inside An estimated 7% of all youth in prison in the USA are being raped inside ( https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/svryjf18.pdf ). This presents a huge trauma for an already vulnerable population. Even the rigorous PREA Act from 2003 was not able to stem this tide. Most rapes are perpetrated by other inmates but also by staff. The consequences from ordinary rape outside (circa 12% in the general population) are already devastating, but rape inside is wrought with extra problems and...

Under International law (Human Rights Treaty, International Treaty on Children’s Rights (art. 3:1), we have to provide a stable living situation for children. Tough we fail to do so also with refugee children and children who are exploited and maltreated, I want to draw your attention to those children who are placed out-of-home in our countries. Many of these children end up in foster care and orphanages or even (secure) youthcare institutions but these placements are often far from stable.