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The General Accounting
Office recently published a report regarding deaths and abuses
at residential programs for troubled teens. The report indicates
that vulnerable children with disabilities have been subject
to unnecessary restraints which resulted in several deaths over
the past two decades. Examples of these cases include a 7 year
old purportedly dying after being held face down for hours by
school staff, 5 year olds allegedly being tied to chairs with
bungee cords and duct tape by their teacher and suffering broken
arms and bloody noses, and a 13 year old reportedly hanging
himself in a seclusion room after prolonged confinement.
The report may be accessed at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-09-719T
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