😡 DISGUSTING ABUSE at Thompson's Residential Treatment Center for Foster Kids!

"The fact that staff took an 11 year old to see Gladiator II which is a rated R movie should be considered child abuse in its self! No state facility should be allowed to do this period!" - Virtus Vincit News 😡

A Greenville foster care facility linked to the death of an 11-year-old last November had a history of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, including organizing fights between children and restraining one boy so severely he was hospitalized, according to a federal report filed Tuesday.

Details about the problems at Thompson’s Residential Treatment Center, which opened in 2009, were made public in a report filed by court monitors in the ongoing 14-year-old federal lawsuit over how Texas cares for roughly 7,500 children placed in long-term foster care.

First reported by The Texas Tribune last week, the 11-year-old boy, identified in court documents as O.R., died on Nov. 27, during a movie outing organized by the facility, which the state has permanently closed. He was one of 16 foster care children who died while in the state’s care between Nov. 2, 2023, to Feb. 5.

A residential treatment center, like Thompson’s, is one of the most restrictive housing types in the foster care system and children placed there typically have serious behavioral issues.

O.R.’s final days at Thompson’s
O.R., who was born with a gastrointestinal birth defect, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and trauma and stressor-related disorder, among other medical issues. He had been prescribed four psychotropic drugs, and was placed in Thompson’s two weeks before his death, according to the court report.

After complaining about stomach pain Thanksgiving week, he was told he and his 19 housemates were to attend a showing of "Gladiator II" at Greenville’s only movie theater. He was forced to attend the movie outing despite crying and complaining of stomach pain and constipation.

Security camera video at the theater, according to the court’s report, showed O.R. struggling to stand as he made his way to the theater and could not walk without staff members’ assistance.

Police reported to the state welfare agency that the security video showed that O.R. was “unsteady on his feet,” looked like he was “about to pass out” and was unable to walk on his own, falling at least once on his way to his seat.

Two Thompson’s staff members took O.R. to his theater seat and despite urinating on himself, he was left in his soiled clothing to watch the movie, the report detailed. At one point during the movie, O.R. died.

Despite the security footage, Thompson’s staff members first told police who responded to the child’s death that O.R. was “fine” when they went into the movie. They held to that story until officers viewed the theater’s security video.

The state notified its intention to revoke Thompson's license as a residential treatment center a week after the death and officially revoked it on Feb. 4.

The Department of Family and Protective Services declined to comment on the court filing and the Health and Human Services Commission did not respond to a request for comment.

Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/11/texas-foster-care-deaths-treatment-center-greenville/