But they're okay for kids.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/stop-selling-child-abuse_b_106956.htmlby Maia Szalavitz
Although I have never heard of waterboarding being used by these programs, the following scenarios have all been reported either directly to me by more than one witness to the incident or in court documents or Congressional testimony in these programs:
1) Boys hooded, with nooses around their necks, made to stand for hours in searing desert heat.
2) A girl forced to dress as a hooker, with "slut, 25 cents" smeared on her with lipstick, made to walk past catcalling boys. Then, she was forced to kneel in front of a middle-aged man who asked if she liked performing oral sex on older men. This occurred in front of around 100 people.
3) Teens were chained for days and spent nights in outdoor dog cages.
4) In subfreezing temperatures, boys were not provided toilet paper, just snow, to clean themselves.
5) Both boys and girls have had their limbs broken in brutal "restraints," inflicted for violations as minor as looking at a member of the opposite sex.
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The House of Representatives will vote next Friday on HR 5876, the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008, introduced by California Rep. George Miller
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