Some people are still kept there even decades after becoming adults.
Special fuck-you to state rep Jeffrey Sanchez
Massachusetts state Representative Jeffrey Sanchez, whose nephew, Brandon, has been detained at the JRC since 1992, is a major proponent of the JRC and their practices. Sanchez has repeatedly blocked the passage of legislation that would threaten the center.
Words really can't get across the rage I feel at reading about this betrayal of people by their own flesh and blood.