Arkansas Times
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12th June 2024
Abuse at Arkansas youth psychiatric facilities spotlighted at U.S. Senate hearing - Arkansas Times
In a first of its kind hearing, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee heard testimony on Wednesday from experts across the country highlighting widespread, ongoing abuse inside psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children and youth, including some of the 13 facilities that operate in Arkansas.Reagan Stanford, abuse and neglect managing attorney with Disability Rights Arkansas, was one of three witnesses who testified in Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning. The Little Rock-based advocacy...