themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over the course of seven hours. it is difficult to watch. this was in 2002. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. the video is part of a trial. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. he told a paper, the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. he s looking for answers from the department of justice who launched this investigation two years ago. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, they told us it s ongoing and they wouldn t comment. the school says that no one else will take their students and that the electric shocks are better than huge
they claim that electric shocks and other forms of what they call aversive therapies are the only way to control some students who are a danger to themselves and others. recently outrage over the school exploded when the public for the first time saw video of a student being repeatedly shocked. his name is andre mccollins. the video showed him being shocked 31 times over an hour. it is difficult to watch. mccollins was 18. he s no longer at this center. his mom pulled him out. his family recently settled a lawsuit against the jrc. those disturbing images also caught the attention of the u.n. central raptor juan mendez. the use of electricity on anyone s body raises the question of whether this is therapeutic or whether it is suffering tantamount to torture in violation of international law. we asked the justice department for an update on the investigation, they told us it s ongoing and they wouldn t comment. the school says that no one else will take their students and that