Youngstown couple accused of starving child in their custody

Youngstown couple accused of starving child - WFMJ.com News weather sports for Youngstown-Warren Ohio:

According to Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Dawn Cantalamessa the child who lived at the Lucius Avenue home with the couple, weighed 9 pounds at birth, but a year later weighed in at just 8 pounds.  One full pound less than her birth weight.

Entire Family ARRESTED for Refusing ILLEGAL Search!

STOP! In the name of fruit! -- Feinman Family ARRESTED in California.
This is what we have become. A nation of slaves where dissenters are punished. This has nothing to do with agriculture. It’s all about control.

Report points to `systemic failures' in case of beaten, starved boy

Report points to `systemic failures' in case of beaten, starved boy | Herald Bulldog | First On The Street | Boston Herald:

The state's handling of a case of a 7-year-old Hardwick boy, who police say was starved and beaten by his father while under the watch of the Department of Children and Families, suffered from “inadequate case oversight” and is an indication of “systemic failures” both inside and outside of the agency, officials said today.

State ups DCF security after worker’s killing

State ups DCF security after worker’s killing:

MONTPELIER – The state is assessing the security of all government buildings and offering training to employees in response to the killing of a Barre social worker and a spate of threats against others since her death.

Threats against DCF workers increased since Aug. murder

Threats against DCF workers increased since Aug. murder | Local News - WCVB Home:

MONTPELIER, Vt. —The head of the Vermont Department of Children and Families says threats have increased against his staff since a state social worker was killed last month.

Woman threatens her kids' foster parents; buys rifle

Woman threatens her kids' foster parents; buys rifle:

WATERBURY, Vt. — A woman who threatened to harm the foster parents of her children was arrested on federal gun charges after buying a rifle, court records show.

Baltimore Child Welfare Director: Foster Care is a Bad Idea – Kids Belong in Families

Baltimore Child Welfare Director: Foster Care is a Bad Idea – Kids Belong in Families:

Rethinking Foster Care

So among the gifts that Albert Einstein left us was a definition of insanity – doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. My work is an interesting example – child welfare. It’s the government business of protecting children. The primary intervention is to take kids from their parents and put them into foster care, and there’s a prevailing belief that this is the responsible thing to do for children who are abused and neglected.

Now, there are 50 child welfare agencies in the country, and the funds to underwrite them are in the billions.

There is not one among them that’s reputed to be working well.