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"A good facility should not rely on restraints," said Arthur C. Evans, acting commissioner of the Department of Human Services. He said his agency's oversight of providers was unacceptable, and he reassigned the man who oversaw contracts for DHS.
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Center's abuses didn't deter DHS
One of those kids was Omega Leach.
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A month before he died, a therapist placed a note in his file. "Omega is frustrated with being placed so far from home," the therapist wrote.
"But he has expressed the desire to complete the program successfully so that he can return home and start working on getting his life together."
A Key City Report, Uncensored
In 2005, an investigator for the city wrote a detailed report focusing on the Chad Youth Enhancement Center in Tennessee.
The city made the report public at The Inquirer's request. Before releasing it, however, city lawyers removed the most explosive section - pages with allegations that Philadelphia children were being abused at Chad.
In redacting the document, the city cited an exemption in Pennsylvania's right-to-know law that allows governments to withhold investigations, even finished ones, from the public.
The Inquirer later obtained a complete version of the report. In this version, the only information removed is the names of children.
To read both the censored and unaltered versions, plus previous articles about the troubled city Department of Human Services, go to http://go.philly.com/dhsdocs
For previous articles on the Department of Human Services, plus video and documents, go to http://go.philly.com/dhsdocs
Contact staff writer John Sullivan at 215-854-2473 or johnsullivan@phillynews.com.
