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		<title>Reporters find 250 cases of abuse in Texas facilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/06/10/reporters-find-250-cases-of-abuse-in-texas-facilities-29727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A records review by the Houston Chronicle and Texas Tribune has disclosed that workers at a center for distressed children provoked seven girls with developmental disabilities to fight as staffers laughed and cheered. The 2008 incident, one of more than 250 recent cases of abuse and mistreatment in state residential treatment centers that were uncovered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Problems persist in Texas institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/24/problems-persist-fight-club-28887/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A review of Texas state records released to the Houston Chronicle shows that 36 people who have been convicted of or charged with felonies have been working with people with intellectual disabilities in state institutions. Disability advocates say the disclosure demonstrates that weaknesses remain in state efforts to screen employees who work with people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilty plea in Texas &#8216;fight club&#8217; brings 4-year jail term</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/11/guilty-plea-fight-club-2-28695/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News: A former Texas state employee has pleaded guilty for his role in organizing brawls between residents of an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. Guadalupe De Larosa accepted a plea agreement, admitting to three counts of injuring a person with an intellectual disability, and was sentenced to four years in prison. Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jail time in Texas &#8216;fight club&#8217; case</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/21/prison-time-22698/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News and the Houston Chronicle: A former Corpus Christi State School employee has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in organizing &#8220;fight clubs&#8221; between residents with developmental disabilities. D&#8217;Angelo Riley, 23, was called a &#8220;ringleader&#8221; by prosecutors, who said he provided play-by-play commentary on cell phone video recordings of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conviction in Texas &#8216;fight club&#8217; case</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/14/fight-club-conviction-21899/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From  ABC News, Corpus Christi Caller-Times,  AP/Dallas Morning News,and the Austin American-Statesman: A former state employee was convicted Thursday for his part in the Texas &#8220;fight club&#8221; abuse case. Six former workers at an institution for people with intellectual disabilities have been accused of forcing residents to fight one another while employees taped the incidents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability advocates cry foul over Texas pact</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/17/texas-advocates-complai-20240/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Dallas Morning News and Austin American-Statesman: Texas disability rights advocates are complaining that they were excluded from negotiations aimed at fixing problems at institutions for people with developmental disabilities. They say the five-year, $112-million agreement signed this spring by the state and the U.S. Justice Department just props up a broken system, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Texas reforms are meaningless without accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/11/editorial-texas-reforms-19982/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editors of the San Antonio Express-News say recently enacted reforms at the Texas institutions for people with intellectual disabilities won&#8217;t mean anything &#8220;unless the people in charge are actually held accountable.&#8221; They say the &#8220;zero tolerance&#8221; policy requires a measure of physical harm before it holds employees accountable for abuse or neglect, and that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilty plea in Texas fight club case</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/06/guilty-plea-fight-club-19692/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Abilene [TX] Reporter-News: Defendant D&#8217;Angelo Riley pleaded guilty to three counts of injury to a disabled person Monday in connection with an alleged fight club operating inside Texas&#8217; Corpus Christi institution for people with disabilities. For each count, Riley pleaded guilty to causing one state school resident to strike another. The incidents all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of workers disciplined for mistreating disabled people</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/13/texas-abuse-18336/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press/Austin American-Statesman: Nearly 270 employees were fired or suspended in fiscal 2008 for abusing or neglecting residents with intellectual disabilities at Texas institutions, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Documents obtained by the AP showed that 11 of the firings or suspensions were considered serious because they involved physical or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight clubs may not have been isolated, attorney says</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/13/fight-clubs-attorney-18329/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and AP/Houston Chronicle: An attorney who is suing Texas over an alleged &#8220;fight club&#8221; in a state institution says he is investigating reports that organized fights between residents may have been going on for years, and may also have been staged at other institutions. Bob Hilliard is representing four families [...]]]></description>
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