A Texas company is accused of severely abusing and discriminating against 31 mentally disabled men who worked at an Iowa turkey processor. The workers were paid just $65 a month and were subjected to abusive verbal and physical harassment and required to live in a dilapidated bunkhouse that the agency described as "deplorable and sub-standard living conditions." The men also were denied adequate medical care when needed, |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.