My son was admitted to YCS Cedarbrook residential in September of 2018. In January of 2019, a staff member at the residential dragged my son out of his bed by his shirt wrapped around his neck. He had lacerations on his neck and arms from the shirt. He was drug out of the bed and down the hallway by the shirt around his neck. As my son was on the ground crying, the staff member kicked him behind his leg/knee. While my son continued to cry while in the bathroom to get dressed, the staff member repeatedly asked, "do you need help?" as my son would say, no. The final time, my son yelled "no" at the staff member. The staff member then grabbed and lifted him by his throat and dropped him to the ground. My son had bruises and lacerations all over him: face, front neck, side nick, back of the neck, back of his legs, under his arms, on his chest, on his back. The staff claimed my son inflicted all these injuries on himself by "tying a shirt around his neck" and also claimed that staff intervened immediately. No one else was around to see it, but I'm sure they heard it. There are no cameras. Internal Affairs substantiated the abuse. The urgent care doctor and the state cares doctor all backed my son's story and said the version the staff gave is impossible. The staff member was indicted in April 2019 on 2nd and 3rd degree aggravated assault and 2nd-degree child endangerment. We are still currently waiting on trial. I want this bill to also cover residents for those under 21, if there were cameras where my son was, they wouldn't be able to say he did it to himself. He was only 10 years old at the time and still dealing with the emotional trauma of it.