Case 2:85-cv-04544-DMG-AGR Document 420-4 Filed 04/23/18 Page 40 of 81 Page ID #:16683 Exhibit 48 REDACTED VERSION OF DOCUMENT FILED UNDER SEAL Exhibit 48 Page 261 \oocqaxmawmJase Document 4204 Filed 04/23/18 Page 41 of 81 Page ID #16684 Declaration of I.--, declare as follows: 1. This declaration is based on my personal knowledge. If called to testify in this case, I would testify competently about these facts. 2. I was born in Honduras in 2006. I am 11 years old. Ihave been in the United States since I was 8 years old. My alien is I speak Spanish and some English. I have been detained at the Shiloh Regional Treatment Center in Manvel, Texas ("Shiloh"), since October 24, 2017. Shiloh is a locked facility, and none of the people who live here are free to leave. I have not been told how long I will be here or why I am being detained here. I do not want to be in this shelter. I was here once before andI don't want to be here again. 1 also once stayed at a foster home which was much better than here. The staff at Shiloh scream and get mad easily, they say bad words, they go crazy. I do not feel safe here. 3. Antonio, Texas. While at Saint Pl the doctor there had me on only three medications. I Before I was detained at Shiloh, I was at Saint Pl '5 Children's Home in San took all three of these medications at night. 4. At Shiloh, Dr-has me on many more medications, and Ihave to take them during the day and at night. I take 4 pills in the morning, I do not lcnow what they are for. I take another pill at 4pm and then I have to take 5 more pills at night. I have not been told why I am required to take all this medication. 5. When I was in Honduras, I did not take any pills and I was good. I was a normal kid. When I take medicine, I do not have any mood. It is disgusting. I do not like being on this many medications and I have suffered side effects including headaches, loss of appetite and nausea. I have complained about receiving too many medications and Dr. - says it is not within his control but because of another doctor that I am receiving all these medications. The doctor is another female doctor who works in the facility. 48 Page 262 Case 2:85-cv-04544-DMG-AGR Document 420-4 Filed 04/23/18 Page 42 of 81 Page ID #:16685 1 6. When other girls refuse to take the medication, they get threatened by staff 2 members. They threaten to "give then a report." The report is similar to a write up and 3 every time I receive one, my time in this facility gets extended by 30 days. 4 7. 5 form granting permission to the doctors to give me medication. I don't think anyone in To the best ofmy knowledge I have never signed any informed consent or other 6 my family was asked if it was okay for me to take medicine. 7 8. 8 of the girls was upset and someone was trying to calm her down but then the teacher said 9 don't talk to her, just give her a shot. Once I saw staff give an injection by force, two staf Also, I witnessed staff members forcefully give medication four times. Today, one 10 members pinned down the girl while she was sitting down and a doctor gave her one or 11 two injections in the arm. The injections were given against their will. 12 9. 13 of the staff members pulled me out forcefully and it really hurt. 14 10. 15 myself; and I want to cut myself, but I haven't learned how to cut myself. 16 11. 17 like, "I'm going to fuck her up" or "I'm going to kick your little ass." And then ifwe say 18 bad words, we get in trouble. 19 12. 20 member put her two thumbs up to my throat and her hands around my neck. It hurt and I 21 was gasping for breath. The staff member said she was just "playing" but I felt scared. One time I was in the bathroom crying and I didn't want to come out, and then one I always feel really sad here. I feel so sad that I want to hurt myself; I want to kill Staff members say bad words here. When the girls are crying, the staff says things On at least two occasions staff members have tried to hurt me. One time a staff 22 Education Issues 23 13. At Shiloh, we attend school on week days. My teacher is a man we call "Mister 24 George." Mr. George does not treat me well and he has been verbally abusive to me the 25 entire time he has been my teacher. He repeatedly tells me "shut up." On at least ten 26 occasions he has called me a "dumb ass" and "you'.re stupid." He also tells me, "no one 27 likes you here." 28 2 Exhibit 48 Page 263 Case 2:85-cv-04544-DMG-AGR Document 420-4 Filed 04/23/18 Page 43 of 81 Page ID #:16686 1 14. When I have complained to other staff at Shiloh about the way Mr. George treats 2 me, they tell me that he treats everyone that way. I know that this is not true; that he 3 treats me worse than the others because I have not heard him call anyone else a "dumb 4 ass." Communication with family 5 When I was at Saint PJ's, I was allowed regular telephone calls to my family. 6 15. 7 Since I have been at Shiloh, the staff has repeatedly told me that my family is not 8 answering the phone and I have only had one call with them. I have only seen them call 9 my family members three times, and I have not been allowed to call them myself I have no idea why I'm here or why I've been here for so long when other kids get 10 16. 11 to go with their families. I would rather go back to Honduras and live on the streets than 12 be at Shiloh. 13 14 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this 15 30th day of November, 2017, at Manvel, Texas. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 I certify that I am fluent in the Spanish and English languages and that I truthfully and accurately translated the above declaration from English to Spanish for before she signed the declaration. Dated: November 30th, 2017 23 24 Saira Salazar 25 26 27 28 3 Exhibit 48 Page 264