DCF a good place to start reforming state gov't

DCF a good place to start reforming state gov't | HartfordBusiness.com:

In September 2015 a civil-rights lawsuit was filed against the commissioner of the Department of Children and Families and four others. The suit was brought by foster parents who were falsely accused of child sexual abuse — in a setting reminiscent of the hysteria that led to the Salem witch trials. The criminal case that followed DCF's charges resulted in a rapid acquittal of one parent and dropped charges as to the other. The presiding judge in the criminal proceedings noted (I paraphrase from the suit) that the DCF resisted court-ordered document production, refused to comply with reasonable subpoenas, withheld records containing "extraordinarily exculpatory evidence," and that "the brigade of social workers, educators, department of family's personnel who provided intense services" never saw any signs of physical abuse.