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Photo of the Day: Turkey Firm Faces Charges of Abuse

Federal jurors are expected to hear claims that dozens of mentally disabled men faced verbal and physical abuse and unsafe living conditions while they were employed as contract workers at Henry's Turkey Service in a high-profile discrimination trial that begins Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Davenport, Iowa.

(AP) — In this Feb. 6, 2009, file authorities huddle near property used by Henry's Turkey Service in Atalissa, Iowa, that housed mentally disabled men brought from Texas to work in a West Liberty, Iowa, turkey processing plant.

Federal jurors are expected to hear claims that dozens of mentally disabled men faced verbal and physical abuse and unsafe living conditions while they were employed as contract workers at the turkey plant in a high-profile discrimination trial that begins Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Harry Baumert, File)

 

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