Maya Hayes allegedly regularly fondled the teens in her care and forced them to squeeze her breasts or grope her, four ...

Hayes, a former psychologist at the Brookwood Secure Center for Youth in Claverack, faces startling new allegations in a ...

According to the lawsuit, she had a “scheme to sexually abuse and exploit as many children as possible under the guise of ...

A former staff psychologist at a Columbia County youth detention center now faces two separate federal lawsuits for allegedly ...

The accused psychologist, Maya Hayes, also faces 65 criminal sex abuse charges after a Columbia County grand jury indicted ...

The accused psychologist, Maya Hayes, also faces 65 criminal sex abuse charges Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has ...

Maya Hayes allegedly plied the teens in her care at the Brookwood Youth Facility near Albany with phone privileges, hair products and food, while regularly fondling them and forcing them to ...

Maya Hayes. Hayes reportedly held 'frequent' counseling sessions with the teen, whose name has been withheld, in her private office, according to the teen's legal filing. The then-juvenile ...

Maya Hayes began sexually abusing him about three months after he was detained at age 17 at the Brookwood Secure Center for Youth, a facility for male and female juvenile offenders in Columbia ...