Sacramento County child protection woes extend into management, critics say

Sacramento County child protection woes extend into management, critics say

Within days of 4-year-old Jahmaurae Allen's beating death last summer, the leadership of Sacramento County's Child Protective Services laid the blame for the troubled investigation on a single social worker who operated "in isolation."

Her work was described by top CPS management as "shoddy" and "totally inadequate," according to internal e-mails obtained by The Bee.

But those documents and recent interviews reveal a broader failure of the county's child protection system that reached into CPS management ranks – before and after the boy's July 21 death.
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Boy's CPS record altered after death to reflect likely abuse

Jahmaurae Allen was pronounced dead at 11:10 p.m. July 21 of head injuries. Seven fractured ribs were healing. His body – from scalp to tongue to chest to foot – was bruised.

He was 4 years old.