Children Recount Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse at Yuma, AZ Migrant Jail | Democracy Now!

Children Recount Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse at Yuma, AZ Migrant Jail | Democracy Now!: A report by NBC shares new accounts of mistreatment and sexual violence experienced by locked-up migrant children at a Yuma, Arizona, detention facility. In nearly 30 accounts collected by Health and Human Services case managers, children complained of hunger, having to sleep on concrete floors or outside, and lack of access to basic sanitation. A 15-year-old girl said an officer groped her underneath her clothing during what was supposed to be a routine pat-down, and joked around with other agents during the ordeal.