22 August 2008- Austin, TX The US. Department of Justice Announced today that they are expanding their investigation into abuse and neglect of residents in Texas institutions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Denton State School’
US Federal Probe of Texas Institutions Expanded
August 22, 2008Institutional Abuse: Denton
August 12, 2008Jesse Hyde writing in the Dallas Observer [31 July 2008] powerfully documents the story of a mother, Farhat Chishty, who sought justice for her son Haseeb, who was paralyzed by an abusive staff member at Denton State School in Texas. He describes Denton as an “an Abu Ghraib for the retarded” (Interestingly, in the related video, it is seen as one of the better institutions in Texas). Parts of Denton Staff Member Kevin Miller’s confession are included in the story, and other parts are included in the Forgotten Lives video. Together, the newspaper story and video are smoking-gun evidence of the reality of institutional abuse. (videolink included with full story). (more…)
