Lawmakers introduce bipartisan legislation to end child abuse at residential treatment facilities

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Right now, there’s a bipartisan push in Congress calling for oversight and accountability at youth residential treatment facilities.

Senator Tommy Tuberville joined Paris Hilton and other child abuse survivors to support a bill that would address child abuse at residential treatment facilities nationwide. The Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act would provide greater oversight and transparency of institutional youth programs and promote best practices to prevent and treat institutional child abuse.

“The dark, underbelly of this industry needs to be exposed for there to be change,” Tommy James, a local attorney said. “It’s incomprehensible what’s going on in them now. I’ve got seven cases pending right now against operators of these facilities ranging from sexual abuse, physical abuse and even fatalities,” James said.

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