The Justice Dept. says it is opening a civil rights investigation into juvenile detention facilities in Texas after reports of sexual and physical abuse of children at the hands of staff members emerged from media outlets and advocates in recent years.
city governments, detention systems and other local jurisdictions if it has cause to believe civil rights are being systemically violated. Recent high-profile investigations involve police departments after deaths of black men at the hands of police, such as the investigation currently open into the Minneapolis Police Department following the death of George Floyd.
The investigation announced Wednesday follows a series of legal measures the Biden Justice Department has announced involving Texas, including the challenging of the state'sThe investigation will determine if Texas's juvenile detention system shows a pattern and practice of physical and sexual abuse of children, harm using chemical restraints, excessive use of isolation and lack of adequate mental health services, Clarke said.
A team of civil rights attorneys from the Justice Department will conduct an"independent, thorough and fair" investigation in Texas, Clarke said. "If our investigation reveals reasonable cause to believe there is a systemic constitutional violation we will provide written notice to Texas of the violation or violations … and remedial measures," Clarke said.Julia Ainsley is a correspondent covering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
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