Boys report being shackled and beaten at remote New Mexico ranch for troubled teens

Boys report being shackled and beaten at remote New Mexico ranch for troubled teens    - NY Daily News:

Police, child welfare authorities are investigating abuse claims from boys who say they were held in chains and hit with batons. Staff at The Tierra Blanca Ranch north of Las Cruces, N.M., also ordered boys to beat each other, residents claim.

Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly to be released on parole

Baby P's mother Tracey Connelly to be released on parole | Mail Online:

Connelly was jailed indefinitely with a minimum of five years in May 2009

The Parole Board said today it has directed her release

Connelly appeared before a Parole Board panel at the end of July

Foster mother pleads guilty in accidental death of 8-month-old

Foster mother pleads guilty in accidental death of 8-month-old | Las Vegas Review-Journal:

A foster mother in northwest Arizona has agreed to a plea deal in the accidental drowning death of a 8-month-old boy.Elizabeth Dawn Stone, 32, and her fiance had been caring for David Whatahomigie for about three months before his September 2011 death.

Child protection: serious case reviews feed the blame culture

Child protection: serious case reviews feed the blame culture | Social Care Network | Guardian Professional:

The reviews describe rather than analyse what happened, and so the outcomes are of limited value

Rockford man accused of molesting children was DCFS employee

Rockford man accused of molesting children was DCFS employee - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star:

ROCKFORD-The former Rockford School District substitute teacher who was accused last week of molesting two students also worked for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for nearly 18 years.

Fort Bragg man found guilty in death of infant foster daughter

Fort Bragg man found guilty in death of infant foster daughter | The Press Democrat:

A Mendocino County jury Monday found a Fort Bragg man guilty in the beating death of his infant foster daughter, who’d suffered dozens of bruises as well as skull fractures and brain injuries.

Foster mother pleads guilty to child abuse

Foster mother pleads guilty to child abuse | azfamily.com Phoenix:

PHOENIX -- A former foster parent in Phoenix has pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse.
Alma Holland, 56, and her husband were arrested in Oct. 2012.