Paris Hilton recalled being "sexually abused" and "force-fed medications" as she testified about the abuse children experience in the US welfare systems.
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00:00When I was 16 years old, I was ripped from my bed in the middle of the night and transported
00:09across state lines to the first of four youth residential treatment facilities.
00:15These programs promised healing, growth, and support, but instead did not allow me to speak,
00:20move freely, or even look out a window for two years.
00:24I was force-fed medications and sexually abused by the staff.
00:28I was violently restrained and dragged down hallways, stripped naked, and thrown into
00:34solitary confinement.
00:36My parents were completely deceived, lied to, and manipulated by this for-profit industry
00:42about the inhumane treatment I was experiencing.
00:45So can you only imagine the experience for youth who are placed by the state and don't
00:50have people regularly checking in on them?
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