Friday, February 15, 2013

Report excoriates L.A. County agency in child deaths, torture

Report excoriates L.A. County agency in child deaths, torture - latimes.com:


Thirteen recent child deaths might not have happened if Department of Children and Family Services social workers had taken basic steps to assess the risks, an investigation finds.

A stifling bureaucracy and inept workforce have crippled Los Angeles County's child protective agency, resulting in a system that allowed children to remain in unsafe homes, sometimes to die at the hands of their caretakers, according to a confidential county report.

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