Texas youth prison lockdown records detail self-harm, delayed care and escalating use of force
Records from a statewide lockdown of Texas youth prisons reveal reports of self-harm, suicide threats, and delayed medical care. The documents also show an escalating use of force, including pepper spray on minors. Youth advocates and experts have expressed concern over the conditions within the five facilities during the first-of-its-kind lockdown.
Kids threatened suicide, urinated on themselves and were pepper sprayed in the early days of a statewide lockdown of Texas’ five youth prisons. The first-of-its-kind move has youth advocates, experts...
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