`` Jane Doe , '' 16 , was transferred from a child welfare agency 's custody to an adult prison . The court 's decision cited a `` history of assaultive behavior while in placement facilities , '' which included at least 11 assaults against her peers and staff during her more than five years in DCF custody . The agency used a state law to persuade a judge to transfer the girl . The court cited a `` history of assaultive behavior while in placement facilities '' including sexual abuse and rape by staff members at other institutions that were not as well - run or supervised as this one. " but this is not the place , '' teen wrote in an op-ed .
`` Jane Doe , '' 16 , was transferred from a child welfare agency 's custody to an adult prison . The agency used a state law to persuade a judge to transfer the girl . The court cited a `` history of assaultive behavior while in placement facilities '' including sexual abuse and rape by staff members at other institutions that were not as well - run or supervised as this one. " but this is not the place , '' teen wrote in an op-ed .