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Read News: Representative Miller (D-CA) Introduces Bill to Eliminate Abuse and Neglect in Private Residential Treatment Centers for Youth

By The Sentencing Project

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The House Committee on Education and Labor held a full committee hearing today to discuss claims of abuse and misleading advertising by private residential treatment centers around the nation. In the second hearing on the topic in the past 6 months, members heard from the Government Accountability Office about misleading statements made to parents by treatment center staff about curriculum, diet, health insurance coverage, and accessibility to their children while housed at the center.  Members also heard from two former participants about their horrific experiences while enrolled in private residential facilities. Posted Date:4/24/2008 8:38:25 PM

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).

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