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Latino Youths: Ralph Northam and Ap Report

latino youths: Ralph Northam announced the probe in a tweet hours after The Associated Press reported the allegations, according to Vancouver Courier. 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 AP report also cited an adult who saw bruises and broken bones the children said were caused by guards.article continues below Trending Stories No hormones, no plastic straws and now no meat A&W goes beyond' burgers Fire ban goes into effect on July 6Northam, a Democrat, said the allegations were disturbing and directed the state's secretary of public safety and homeland security and the Department of Juvenile Justice to report back to him to ensure the safety of every child being held there. Whenever they used to restrain me and put me in the chair, they would handcuff me, said a Honduran immigrant who was sent to the facility when he was 15 years old. Children as young as 14 said the guards there stripped them of their clothes and strapped them to chairs with bags placed over their heads. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.