1/ Immigrant children have been forcibly injected with powerful psychiatric drugs at one of the U.S. gov't shelters, Shiloh Treatment Center outside of Houston, according to court documents and interviews.
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- Replying to @reveal2/ Children report being held down and injected. The lawsuit alleges that children were told they would not be released or see their parents unless they took medication and that they only were receiving vitamins. documentcloud.org/documents/4525…
- EXCLUSIVE: The psychiatrist who's been prescribing psychotropic medications to immigrant kids at a federally funded residential treatment center has practiced without board certification to treat children and adolescents for nearly a decade, per records:
- Replying to @reveal3/ Parents and the children themselves told attorneys the drugs rendered them unable to walk, afraid of people and wanting to sleep constantly, according to affidavits filed April 23 in U.S. District Court in California.
- Replying to @reveal8/ One child was prescribed 10 different shots and pills: * Antipsychotic drugs Latuda, Geodon and Olanzapine. * Parkinson’s medication Benztropin. * Seizure medications Clonazepam and Divalproex. * Antidepressant Duloxetine. * Cognition enhancer Guanfacine.
- Replying to @reveal4/ A child described trying to open a window and being hurled against a door by a Shiloh supervisor, who then choked her until she fainted.
- Replying to @reveal2/ Videos shot by an alarmed neighbor show the children, dressed in sweatsuits, being led into the 3,200-square-foot office building in early June.
00:00 - Replying to @reveal6/ Earlier this year, WH Chief of Staff John Kelly promised: “The children will be taken care of – put into foster care or whatever.” This building is an example of that “whatever.” It's not listed among shelters operating through ORR. Or on AZ's childcare licensing website.
