I found a little something interesting -
THEY BEAT CHILDREN, DON'T THEY?
By Carole Duncan
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology Volume 11, No.3, Fall 1973
".....Recently a Chicago juvenile official stated, "The ghettos of Chicago are better places for kids than Texas institutions." This statement was made in connection with a lawsuit filed by the State of Illinois to secure release and return of fifty-two Illinois children who had been placed in a Texas institution. The suit alleges the children were "stripped and beaten, were starved, and placed in rooms without beds or toilets:
I don't know what life is like in the ghettos of Chicago - I do know that they beat children in Texas. In Mesquite they lock kindergarten children in furnace closets, and they arrest parents who attempt to prevent maltreatment of their sons and daughters. I have heard Dallas principals laugh when mothers plead that Johnny or Susie not be paddled because he or she has asthma, a broken arm, burns, or curvature of the spine. I know kids who will go through life with permanent back injury, sciatic nerve disorders, recurrent headaches, and emotional problems. I know of a least one teen-aged suicide that was directly related to school abuse. I know that large numbers of Dallas high school students have been found to be illiterate; that kids "turn off" to learning and drop out; that they play truant, and are labeled "delinquent."
Ultimately, these scarred children grow into adults. They may turn against society and contribute to statistics that have earned Dallas title of "Murder Capital of the World". They may beat their own children, and become one of the numbers that makes Texas one of the highest child abuse areas in the nation....."
Interesting, very interesting.