(May 20, 2008)--Records show that at least 40 employees who were fired from Texas' psychiatric hospitals over the last three years were rehired for similar state positions, including jobs with juvenile offenders and people with profound disabilities, according to a published report Tuesday.
While most were terminated for such problems as failing to show up for work or to disclose a criminal record and not for mistreating patients, a Dallas Morning News analysis indicates some went on to commit abuse or neglect in their next jobs.
The newspaper's review of employment records turned up at least 40 cases since 2005 in which fired state direct-care workers were rehired by Texas' psychiatric hospitals, juvenile prisons or state schools for people with disabilities, and while state officials aren't prohibited from rehiring someone fired from another agency, they say they go to great lengths to weed out employees who might be abusive.
The paper cites the case of an employee who was fired from a Waco child psychiatric hospital in 2005 and then was hired by the Texas Youth Commission, where he was accused of abuse six times in two years before he later resigned.
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