About
Cumberland Hospital is a behavioral health hospital and residential treatment facility in New Kent, Virginia, serving children and adolescents with complex medical, psychiatric, and behavioral needs. The hospital's current website describes inpatient acute and residential treatment services for youth (Cumberland Hospital).
The facility has been subject to regulatory and law-enforcement scrutiny. Virginia officials suspended new admissions in 2020 while investigating conditions at the hospital, and the Associated Press reported that the action followed allegations of abuse, neglect, and improper restraints. The hospital and its operator denied wrongdoing in public reporting (Associated Press).
Civil lawsuits later alleged abuse at Cumberland Hospital. Those allegations are contested claims in litigation and public reporting, not findings of fact in the public sources used here (Virginia Mercury).