Paris Hilton spoke before a House committee, testifying about the traumatic abuse she suffered during her time at a residential youth treatment facility,
, for her “That’s hot!” catchphrase, smiling for paparazzi while wearing something right off the runway, or paling around with Nicole Richie onfrom her childhood in youth treatment facilities, now taking a spot of advocacy and speaking for those youth who, she says, don’t have a voice of their own.
“While my experience was not through the foster care system, I know from personal experience the harm that is caused by being placed in youth residential treatment facilities,” the 43-year-old mom of two testified at the “Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America’s Children” hearing. “My parents were completely deceived — lied to and manipulated by this for-profit industry. So can you only imagine the experience for youth who don’t have anyone checking in on them?” she asked.
“For children who do end up in foster care, we cannot allow them to grow up in cold facilities that act like kid prisons,” she added. “The treatment these children have had to endure is criminal. These kids deserve to grow up in safe, family-centered environments.”
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