Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Come clean on chambers of horrors, sufferers plead

As the Queensland government embarks on its third inquiry into the protection of children under state care, abuse victims wonder when their hell will be acknowledged, writes Amy Remeikis.

Adults who were admitted into Queensland adult psychiatric asylums while they were children between the 1950s and the 1980s have called for a separate inquiry into the abuse, torture and neglect they suffered inside the institutional walls.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/come-clean-on-chambers-of-horrors-sufferers-plead-20120818-24fqx.html#ixzz24EpvH7nC