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Juveniles tell of threats,
abuse, attempts to silence
United Press International
PRYOR, Okla. — Students at
a juvenile facility being investi
gated for child abuse charges
said they were warned not to tell
anything during a senator’s visit,
and two boys claim they were
whipped for wanting to talk with
reporters.
Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla.,
armed with complaints from
state juvenile institution stu
dents detailing prostitution
rings, rampant sexual abuse and
drug use and dealing by em
ployees, toured Whitaker State
Children’s Home Wednesday.
After Nickles left the home,
four boys found the opportunity
to talk about their life at the in
stitution and said school em
ployees had warned them not to
talk with the senator or repor
ters with him.
“They (school officials) told
(a student in a class Nickles vi
sited) not to say anything,” the
16-year-old said. “He (the stu
dent) told them (Nickles and an
aide) this morning Whitaker was
a real good place. That ain’t
true.”
While Nickles was on campus,
acting Superintendent Steve
Scott said no school officials had
told students of the pending
visit. He said school officials and
students learned of the tour
through the media.
But some teenage boys who
talked about the school Wednes
day said they had been told be-
Tony and Tim, 14,
claimed they were
spanked Tuesday, and
Tim again Wednesday,
because they told a
teacher they planned to
talk with reporters.
that really can have direct con
tact with students without per
mission are those actively in
volved in their care and custody:
social workers, people who are
employed by the institution,
their attorney, the court and
their parents.”
Tony and Tim, 14, claimed
they were spanked Tuesday,
and Tim again Wednesday, be
cause they told a teacher they
planned to talk with reporters.
A teacher , confronted Tony
when he refused to do extra gym
class exercises, he said. After the
refusal, teachers asked Tim and
Tony ‘“are we going to do it the
easy way or the hard way?’”
Tony said.
“The easy way was to (do the
exercises), and the hard way was
to go in the office and get swats,”
he said.
forehand of the visit and
threatened when they told
teachers they wanted to make
public statements.
Scott refused to allow repor
ters to meet with students
Wednesday.
“No, I don’t have authoriza
tion,” he said. “The only persons
“So after that I said Til take it
the easy way but I can’t wait until
the reporters come tomorrow.’
And so the teacher took me in
the back and said ‘Well, you’re
going to take it the hard way
then.’
“He started poking me in my
chest, and pulling my hair and
stuff.”
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Tim said he also was treated
roughly for the same reason.
The boys told of a student
who was dragged across campus
and his arm broken, the youths
claimed, because he refused to
answer
security officers.
Scott said two security officers
accused of breaking a boy’s arm
some 10 months ago were fired
last month for charges of ignor
ing institutional disciplinary
rules during a confrontation
with two 15-year-old girls. He
would not specify what hap
pened.
“The kids we have here are
emotionally disturbed or bor
derline retarded, but cannot be
maintained in a mental retarda
tion institution (or) facility be
cause of their nature to act out
or be aggressive,” Scott said.
“Many of the kids we have
here have been physically or sex
ually abused in their own homes.
Some have intellectual limita
tions that their parents or com
munities cannot address.”
The official said he was not
surprised some youths housed
in juvenile facilities had made
allegations of abuses and illegal
activities within the institutions.
The students, ignored at
home and sent away to an insti
tution, respond to someone who
asks if they are treated unfairly,
Scott said.
“The kid is going to latch on
to that as somebody coming in
and saying Tm going to help
you; I’m going to get you out of
here,”’ he said.
Scott said the students “may
exaggerate.”
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AUSTIN — Secretary of State
David Dean says he is required
by law to defer action on Com
ptroller Bob Bullock’s complaint
that a Republican opponent may
have violated the state election
code.
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respond to charges that he may
have violated election laws by
soliciting and accepting cam
paign contributions before nam
ing a campaign treasurer.
In a letter to Dean, Bullock
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tory provisions, I will take no ac
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longer engaged in the campaign
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