The treatment teens were subjected to in a Virginia facility “are unacceptable and un-American, whether or not they meet the state’s legal threshold for abuse or neglect,” says ACLU
By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-13-2018
Virginia state investigators confirmed that immigrant children who were held at Shenendoah Valley Detention Center were strapped to chairs with bags placed over their heads—but said their treatment did not meet the definition of abuse. (Photo: Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center)
Completing a month-long probe into allegations of abuse at a detention facility in Staunton, Virginia, state investigators confirmed that immigrant children were strapped to chairs with bags placed over their head, as several had alleged—but claimed that this treatment did not meet the definition of abuse.
The actions of government officials toward these children, who hadn’t been convicted of any crime, are unacceptable and un-American, whether or not they meet the state’s legal threshold for abuse or neglect. https://t.co/QTTZu5NUfM
— ACLU of Virginia (@ACLUVA) August 13, 2018
