Judge rips into system at sentencing

Judge rips into system at sentencing - Times Union:

SCHENECTADY -- A former caseworker with the county was sentenced to a maximum of five years probation in a child-neglect case, but not before the judge criticized the social services system for its lack of oversight that nearly resulted in the death last year of an infant boy with a digestive disorder.

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Why assume guilt in child abuse cases?

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Columnists :: Why assume guilt in child abuse cases?:

"Nobody who has been the subject of a malicious allegation can ever be assumed to be innocent."
I HAVE seen only one episode of Educating Essex, which was quite enough.

Social worker ‘lost’ suicide-risk note on tragic Leigh girl found hanged four weeks later

Social worker ‘lost’ suicide-risk note on tragic Leigh girl found hanged four weeks later | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk:

Mental health workers failed to help a girl who told a schoolfriend she had tried to kill herself because they had lost her paperwork, an inquest heard.

Logan County jury reaches a verdict in Amy Holder's child abuse trial of Foster child

Logan County jury reaches a verdict in Amy Holder's child abuse trial | NewsOK.com:

Amy Holder, 40, of Edmond, was convicted of abusing Naomi Whitecrow, who died after four months in foster care with Holder. The jury recommended Holder pay a $5,000 fine, but not serve any jail time. Formal sentencing is set for Nov. 3.

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Doctor's evaluation: With mom, Elliot is in danger

Doctor's evaluation: With mom, Elliot is in danger Mother may feign son's illnesses, doctor reports | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com:

Loriann and Elliot Morgan waited nearly an hour to see the doctor at the Iowa City clinic.
When Dr. Resmiye Oral finally opened her door, two social workers involved in Elliot’s foster care case walked out.

Part 2: 'We're going to ... take Elliot'

Part 2: 'We're going to ... take Elliot' | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com:

The raps at the door came just before 9 p.m. Two-year-old Elliot Morgan stood at the base of the stairs, dressed in his pajamas.
A half-dozen people, two in police uniforms, were standing in the darkness outside his mother’s townhouse in Asbury, just outside of Dubuque.

In Elliot's best interest? A mother's promise

In Elliot's best interest? A mother's promise | The Des Moines Register | DesMoinesRegister.com:

Can she give her son the family she never had?
Loriann Morgan found herself sitting at the edge of another exam table, feeling sick to her stomach and exhausted all over again.
“Well, you passed every test but one,” the physician’s assistant at the Clinton women’s clinic told her.
Loriann thought she might be pregnant, but the tests she had purchased at Dollar General said otherwise. Hearing she actually was caused her to slide right off the exam table.
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