I think the question is really what can people do in order to better screen people working with people with disabilities or people with mental illnesses.
Yes, that is indeed the question. How do we screen for those things? Getting rid of the no-brainer things such as ensuring ALL staff including those that don't necessarily have interaction with the patients have criminal records that are free of any charges, or even allegations of abuse. Yes, I know it's probably illegal to deny someone based on allegations if they were not convicted, so this is obviously not a viable proposal, but man! 80%. 80 fucking percent. There is something really wrong here.
Then, there are the people that have never been charged - whose victims have yet to come forward, for whatever reason. How do we screen for those?
I know that having an all female facility isn't an ideal answer, but as an immediate knee jerk reaction, it strikes me as a way of eliminating a good chunk of the perpetrators and creating a safer environement.
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Yes, that is indeed the question. How do we screen for those things? Getting rid of the no-brainer things such as ensuring ALL staff including those that don't necessarily have interaction with the patients have criminal records that are free of any charges, or even allegations of abuse. Yes, I know it's probably illegal to deny someone based on allegations if they were not convicted, so this is obviously not a viable proposal, but man! 80%. 80 fucking percent. There is something really wrong here.
Then, there are the people that have never been charged - whose victims have yet to come forward, for whatever reason. How do we screen for those?
I know that having an all female facility isn't an ideal answer, but as an immediate knee jerk reaction, it strikes me as a way of eliminating a good chunk of the perpetrators and creating a safer environement.