Shelter provider for immigrant kids surrenders 2 licenses
Source: Associated Press
Astrid Galvan, Associated Press
Updated 7:56 pm CDT, Wednesday, October 24, 2018
PHOENIX (AP) — The nation's largest provider of shelters for immigrant children has surrendered two of its licenses in Arizona following a state investigation that found the organization didn't have fingerprint records for some employees.
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Arizona has seen numerous allegations of sexual abuse at its many shelters for immigrant children, including one made by the government of El Salvador, which said it received reports of three children, 12 to 17, who were sexually abused at unnamed shelters in Arizona.
Last month, a former youth care worker was convicted of sexually abusing seven teenage boys at a Phoenix-area shelter for immigrant children.
In August, authorities arrested a 32-year-old man on allegations that he had molested a 14-year-old girl at a Southwest Key facility the previous month.
It's unclear how many children are being held in the facilities that are being shut down because the government doesn't allow Southwest Key to talk about the number of children in its care. The facilities being shut down, Casa Phoenix and Hacienda del Sol, are licensed for 420 children and 139 children, respectively.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Shelter-provider-for-immigrant-children-to-pay-13334173.php
