Untold Story of Child Abuse and Mistreatment at US DCFS Facilities

Untold Story of Child Abuse and Mistreatment at US DCFS Facilities / Sputnik International:

The violence and brutality young Americans face at DFCS facility centers across the country, has been exposed by Brent Walker, an independent photojournalist who shows the reverse side of the "American dream."

Texas’ 2015 Valentine Weekend Massacre of the CPS Handbook

Texas’ 2015 Valentine Weekend Massacre of the CPS Handbook | How Child Protection Services Buys and Sells Our Children:

For the better part of the last decade, Texas has had the honor of having the most complete and comprehensive Child Protection Handbook nationwide. A handbook that family advocates from all 50 states used as a learning tool. That all changes February 15, 2015, when the Department of Family and Protective Services strips out close to 450 pages of functionality.

Medical Ethics Violations in Medical Kidnappings

Family Defense Center in Illinois Documents Medical Ethics Violations in Medical Kidnappings:

In March of 2014, The Family Defense Center published a two-year research and writing project “Medical Ethics Concerns in Child Abuse Investigations.”

Here is the Executive Summary:

The Family Defense Center’s mission is to advocate justice for families in the child welfare system. In working on cases for wrongly-accused families who are targeted as a result of Hotline calls to child protective services, the Center handles many cases involving physical findings (typically bone fractures and/or bleeding on the brain or eyes) that are initially believed to give rise to suspicion of child abuse. In most of the Center’s cases, these medical findings eventually come to be seen as either the result of an accidental or medical condition or disease; in some cases, the findings that caused child protection investigations are determined not have to have been present at all.

Read the Full Report here:

Convicted of killing her foster child, Lamie gets life in prison

Convicted of killing her foster child, Lamie gets life in prison - The Daily Journal: Local:

PONTIAC — Moments before Heather Lamie was sentenced to life in prison Friday, she told the judge she loved Kianna Rudesill, the 4-year-old foster child she was convicted of killing.

Children with history of institutional care have increased risk for autism, shows study

Children with history of institutional care have increased risk for autism, shows study:

Study published in JAACAP shows that abandoned children placed in child-centered foster care environments improves social behaviors

Detroit woman arraigned on charges of punching CPS worker, biting police officer at Bay County McDonald's

Detroit woman arraigned on charges of punching CPS worker, biting police officer at Bay County McDonald's | MLive.com:

BAY CITY, MI -- Prosecutors allege a Detroit woman visiting her children inside a Bay County McDonald's restaurant hit a fever pitch of rage so high, she battered a Child Protective Services worker, bit a police officer, and fought through the pain of being stunned by a Taser.

10 years in prison for death of infant

10 years in prison for death of infant | Local Stories | Journal Gazette:

Defendant scolded for ignoring its plight