Paris Hilton teams up with California lawmaker to stop abuse in teen facilities [Video]

Media personality and fashion icon Paris Hilton is taking her advocacy against institutional child abuse to the California Capitol.

Hilton — who alleged that she was a victim of sexual abuse as a teenager in the ‘90s at a boarding school in Utah — is sponsoring California Republican lawmaker Shannon Grove’s bill, the Accountability in Children’s Treatment (ACT), which seeks to provide more transparency for parents about the whereabouts of their children during their stay in troubled youth programs. Any serious injuries or incidents of death will be required to be disclosed on the state’s social services website. 

Under the bill, facilities licensed by the California Department of Social Services are required to release information pertaining to the use of restraints and solitary confinement-style rooms. 

“These facilities systematically silence youth, and I am dedicated to ensuring there are greater transparency mechanisms in place to ensure those who are evaluating these facilities, and the families who are placing youth …