(CW child abuse) How the fuck does this still exist — Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, an institution that literally tortures children and is still doing it in 2023 (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 11 months ago by iie@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Some people are still kept there even decades after becoming adults.

Special fuck-you to state rep Jeffrey Sanchez

Massachusetts state Representative Jeffrey Sanchez, whose nephew, Brandon, has been detained at the JRC since 1992, is a major proponent of the JRC and their practices. Sanchez has repeatedly blocked the passage of legislation that would threaten the center.

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[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

It was renamed after Judge Rotenberg who wrote a decision allowing it to stay open and continue shocking in the 1980's or 90's. This was despite plenty of evidence presented that it was frequently being used in violation of the centers own parameters for the "treatment". Low level staff had the unilateral power to administer shocks. Shocks were being administered for things like defecating in their diapers and refusing to eat.

Fuck Judge Rotenberg and the whole Massachusetts supreme court for allowing this to continue yet again.