Congressional Democrats say they plan to work with Paris Hilton to create new regulations to prevent the abuse of children in facilities for troubled teens.
released this month by the National Disability Rights Network, an advocacy group, outlined egregious examples of mistreatment in youth facilities, including excessive use of physical restraints of children, overuse of psychiatric medication and sexual abuse by facility employees.
“We discovered that these issues were very serious and very consistent from state to state,” said Diane Smith Howard, managing attorney for criminal and juvenile justice at the National Disability Rights Network. Megan Stokes, executive director of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, an industry trade group, said she supports creating federal standards, “because we’d like to see everyone held to the same standards of care.”
Advocates working with Khanna’s office said they intend to establish a “Bill of Rights” for youth in congregate care settings, which would guarantee proper toiletries and nutrition, and prohibit facilities from withholding sleep, meals or hydration, and from placing children in isolation rooms, closets or cages as punishment. Advocates also want to establish avenues for children to report violations to state and federal authorities.Three Democratic members of Congress — Reps.
“Federal legislation needs to be passed to have a stronger sense of accountability, to have more teeth,” said Vanessa Hughes, organizational director of Breaking Code Silence. “States have had ample opportunity. They have not succeeded in regulating this industry.”
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