More than a dozen states don’t track when multiple abuses happen at a single facility or across facilities owned by the same company.Victims are emotional during a news conference on the need for Congress to act to protect children and reform RTFs, Wednesday, June 12, 2024.facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment, the U.S.
More than a dozen states don’t track when multiple abuses happen at a single facility or across facilities owned by the same company, the HHS OIG report found. States are also not consistently sharing information about abuse, even when it occurs at facilities owned by companies that operate across the country.
However, 32 states told the HHS Inspector General that they do not track the abuses that happen in facilities that are run in other states by companies they have contracts with.