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Four different employees at the Kearney Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center are alleged to have had inappropriate sexual contact with teenagers in custody at the center.
Kearney is one of three Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers, or YRTCs, that serve juvenile offenders 14 through 18 years old who are placed there by the courts.
Kearney area citizens spoke to YRTC and government officials during a town hall meeting in 2018 regarding escapes and assaults on staff.
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Four different employees at the Kearney Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center are alleged to have had inappropriate sexual contact with teenagers in custody at the center.
Kearney is one of three Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers, or YRTCs, that serve juvenile offenders 14 through 18 years old who are placed there by the courts.
