US: Paris Hilton pushes for bill to crack down on abusive youth facilities (Includes video)
NBC News – October 20, 2021
A group of congressional Democrats said Wednesday that they plan to work with Paris Hilton to create new regulations to prevent the abuse of children in facilities for troubled teens. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he is drafting legislation that would give children in youth facilities the right to call their parents, be free from restraints, and have access to clean drinking water and nutritional meals – none of which is currently ensured for thousands of children in these facilities nationwide. The soon-to-be introduced legislation, as described by lawmakers, would make sweeping changes across several types of youth facilities, including those that care for foster children and children with mental health disorders and rely on taxpayer funding, as well as institutions that rely on payment from parents to take in their disobedient teens. Programs that receive no public funding currently face no federal regulation.
Also: Desperation without Dignity: Conditions of Children Placed in For Profit Residential Facilities: https://www.ndrn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NDRN_Desperation_without_Dignity_October_2021.pdf

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