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Feds probe Iowa care home: Disabled 'not human guinea pigs' by David Pitt, The Associated Press Posted Dec 22, 2020 7:45 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 7:56 pm EDT DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Justice Department has found a state-run care centre for people with intellectual disabilities has likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting them to human experiments, some of which were deemed dangerous by federal investigators. A report released Tuesday identified broad failures at the Glenwood Resource Center, including poor treatment of residents and failure of the I...

The Glenwood Resource Center is a state-run facility for Iowans with severe disabilities. The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded the state of Iowa likely violated the constitutional rights of disabled residents at the state-run Glenwood Resource Center by subjecting them to harmful human experimentation and inadequate medical care. “Individuals with disabilities are not human guinea pigs, and like all persons, they should never be subject to bizarre and deviant pseudo-medical ‘experiments’ that injure them,” Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband said in a statement. “Human...

Feds: Iowa facility for people with disabilities conducted human experiments on residents without consent The U.S. Department of Justice started investigating Glenwood Resource Center after there were reports of physical and sexual experimentation. Author: Hollie Schlesselman, Rachel Droze Published: 6:03 PM CST December 22, 2020 Updated: 6:10 PM CST December 22, 2020 GLENWOOD, Iowa — Iowa failed to protect some of it's most vulnerable residents, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ said they h...

2020/12/23 08:45 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has found a state-run care center for people with intellectual disabilities has likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting them to human experiments, some of which were deemed dangerous by federal investigators. A report released Tuesday identified broad failures at the Glenwood Resource Center, including poor treatment of residents and failure of the Iowa Department of Human Services to respond. The report said breakdowns in the quality of physical health care exposed resi...

Department of Justice: Conditions at Glenwood Resource Center violated Constitution Share Updated: 10:27 PM CST Dec 22, 2020 Chris Gothner Share Updated: 10:27 PM CST Dec 22, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WHAT IS GOING ON IN GLENWOOD UNCONSCIONABLE. THE 61-PAGE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT DETAILED IMPROPER HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION AND INADEQUATE CARE AND PROTECTIONS AT THE GLENWOOD RESOURCE CENTER, AND A STATE AGENCY UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THE WESTERN IOWA FACILITY SERVES IOWANS WITH SEVERE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. THE INVE...