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Immigrant Children: Shenandoah Valley and Ralph Northam

immigrant children: Ralph Northam announced the probe in a tweet hours after The Associated Press reported the allegations, according to Toronto Star. They were included in a federal civil rights lawsuit with a half-dozen sworn statements from Latino youths held for months or years at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center. Gov. The Associated Press report also cited an adult who saw bruises and broken bones the children said were caused by guards. The abuse claims are detailed in federal court filings that include a half-dozen sworn statements from Latino teens jailed there for months or years. Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Va., say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.