(CW child abuse) How the fuck does this still exist — Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, an institution that literally tortures children and is still doing it in 2023 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Some people are still kept there even decades after becoming adults.

Special fuck-you to state rep Jeffrey Sanchez

Massachusetts state Representative Jeffrey Sanchez, whose nephew, Brandon, has been detained at the JRC since 1992, is a major proponent of the JRC and their practices. Sanchez has repeatedly blocked the passage of legislation that would threaten the center.

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[-] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is unfortunately perfectly in line with a big chunk of the US. There's a whole branch of theology in the James Dobson vein that dominates the US, which holds that disobedience is a sin and that the only "loving" response is physical punishment until the disobedience stops in order to save their soul