Facility profile
Kearney Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center
Kearney Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center is a juvenile detention facility in Kearney.
News coverage
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Kearney center’s culture allowed sexual abuse of teens in state custody, new investigation finds
Sara Gentzler's reporting on the investigation into Nebraska's youth center at Kearney: 44 sexual abuse allegations from 37 boys against 19 staff, and the culture that let it go on.
A state-run youth center in Kearney, Nebraska, has a culture that allowed inappropriate relationships and sexual abuse of teens in state custody, according to a new investigation. The investigation found that at least 44 sexual abuse-related allegations were made by 37 boys against 19 different staff members. The facility's response to these allegations was criticized, with the investigation finding that the facility shoddily investigated accusations and often didn't believe the teen boys.
Research notes
- Added 2026-10-09 by the news scan from: Flatwater Free Press, "Kearney center’s culture allowed sexual abuse of teens in state custody, new investigation finds", 2026-07-28 source