Teenage Girl Alleges Sexual Assault At Hyderabad Orphanage

The Class 9 student at the orphanage told her teachers that in the early hours of the morning, he would call her to his room and abuse her.

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Massive lawsuit filed on behalf of Indigenous children torn from their homes

Indigenous children were subjected to a decades-long federal-government policy that saw them torn from their homes and placed with non-Aboriginal families, a class-action lawsuit claims.


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Georgia adoptive mom wanted on child abuse charges

Authorities are searching for a mother accused of abusing her adopted children.

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Former ward of state disappointed by government no show

A petition calling for a public inquiry and an apology was presented to parliament today by former wards of the state.  As children some were victims of physical abuse, sexual abuse and mental abuse whilst in state care here in New Zealand.


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Foster father sentenced to 10 years RI for sexually abusing minor daughter

A lower court today sentenced a foster father to undergo 10-year RI for sexually assaulting his 7-year-old daughter.Adjudicating a case occurred three years back Balasore Additional District judge Ajanta Sarangi awarded the accused 10 years RI and fine of Rs 5,000 today.According to prosecution, Jaga Hembram of Govindpur village under Khaira Police Station on April 28 , 2014 took his 7 year daughter to nearby Palasa forest and sexually assaulted her. The girl narrated her ordeals to her mother after she returned home. Jaga was arrested after his wife lodged a complainant with the police.

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Couple charged with abuse after toddler foster child found malnourished

Garren Dodd McDonald, 48, and Shelley Lanette McDonald, 43, were arrested June 28, the Etowah County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. The Collinsville couple is charged with one count each of child abuse.

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Children in Foster Care in NC Surpasses 11,000, Children's Home Society Intensifies Response

In May 2017, a steadily rising number of children in foster care broke the 11,000 mark, the highest level in 10 years and a nearly 28 percent increase over the last five years.

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Connecticut DCF still isn’t meeting children’s needs, says court monitor

Caseloads are growing and children’s needs aren’t being met, according to the federal court monitor overseeing the Department of Children and Families.

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• Court Monitor Finds DCF Is Still Falling Short of Meeting Children’s Needs

Court Orders Resentencing in Military Child Abuse Case

A federal appeals court has ordered a new sentencing for a former Army major and his wife convicted of multiple counts of child endangerment, after prosecutors argued their initial sentences were too lenient.

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Boy (2) in state's care dies after drowning in poo

A toddler in the care of the state has died after he was found unconscious in a swimming pool.

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• CHILD IN STATE CUSTODY DIES AFTER BEING FOUND IN POOL
• Child in DCF Care Dies in Apparent East Montpelier Drowning
• DCF: Too soon to know if anyone is at fault in child's death
• Toddler in state's custody found unconscious in pool, dies

Jody Herring agrees to accept plea deal for 4 killings

A woman accused of fatally shooting a social worker and her three family members has agreed to accept a plea deal.

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• Barre Mom Pleads Guilty In Deal To Murdering Social Worker, 3 Relatives
• UPDATED: HERRING PLEADS TO KILLING THREE RELATIVES, SOCIAL WORKER
• Suspect In 2015 Killing Of DCF Caseworker Takes Plea Deal
• Vermont woman pleads guilty to killing a social worker and three relatives in 2015
• Vermont woman pleads guilty in slayings of 4 people, including social worker

9th Circuit: Detained Immigrant Children Entitled to Court Hearing

Children detained by immigration authorities have the right to a hearing before an immigration judge to consider their release, according to a federal appeals court in San Francisco.


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• Detained Immigrant Children Are Entitled to Hearings, Court Rules

200th home for a former foster youth

A woman once in foster care is spending this 4th of July in her new dream home.

It's Loren Elam's first apartment and thanks to the non-profit  A Sense of Home  it is decorated from top to bottom and a home to envy.

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Jersey care home abuse inquiry says children may still be at risk

Children in the care system in Jersey continue to be put at risk, a shocking report into the sexual and physical abuse of hundreds of children on the island has concluded.

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• Shocking Jersey child abuse inquiry warns children still at risk on the island
• Jersey's 'house of horrors' children's home should be demolished - inquiry
• Report exposes scale of Jersey's 'house of horrors' and warns children may still be at risk
• Children in Jersey care homes may still be at risk
• Horrific child abuse on Jersey ignored by officials
• Jersey's care homes decades of abuse examined in report
• How 'house of horror' investigation brought Jersey abuse to light
• Jersey care abuse inquiry: Children 'still at risk'
• Jersey's 'house of horrors' children's home should be demolished, abuse inquiry report concludes
• 10 failings in Jersey's care system

Trump Administration Accused Of Using Immigrant Kids As ‘Bait’ To Catch Parents

The Trump administration is using information gathered from immigrant children apprehended at the border to go after the relatives who paid for them to travel to the U.S., often to escape violence at home or reunite with their families.

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• The Trump Administration Is Using Immigrant Children as Bait to Deport Their Parents

"Shocks the Conscience": South Dakota Forcibly Catheterizes Three-Year Old in Drug War

The state of South Dakota is practicing a form of drug war excess tantamount to torture, according to a pair of federal lawsuits filed by the ACLU on June 28. One suit charges that law enforcement and medical personnel subject drug suspects to forcible catheterization if they refuse to submit to a drug test.

The second suit charges even more outrageous conduct: State social workers and medical personnel subjecting a screaming toddler to the same treatment.

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Roberts: One Arizona foster child's DCS nightmare

It’s enough to turn your stomach (and then some):

A little girl, left to fend for herself in the home of a pedophile whose hobby was apparently child pornography.

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Jersey children's homes abuse inquiry to publish report

A long-awaited report is being published following an inquiry into historical abuse and mistreatment of youngsters at children's homes in Jersey stretching back decades.

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Government accused of shutting down calls for formal inquiry into forced adoption

The government is being accused of trying to shut down a push to hold a formal inquiry into forced adoption practices in New Zealand between the 1950's and 1980's.

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• Resistance to inquiry into forced adoptions

Father says he didn’t abuse his twin boys. But he confessed to it anyway. Here’s why

When hospital staffers performed medical scans on the infant twin boys, they found multiple fractures in their ribs. One also had a mild skull fracture.

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Drop in number of Black children placed in care heralded as good start

The Children's Aid Society of Toronto is examining all aspects of its work in an effort to fight anti-Black racism.

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Children who risk being put into care will be sent to boarding schools instead

Public schools are launching a new diversity drive that will see children who risk being put into care offered places at Eton College and Harrow School instead. 

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Court answers if state can be sued for HHS worker lying about foster child's history of sexual abuse

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday took up the question of whether foster parents should be able to sue the state for an employee lying about a child's history of sexual abuse.

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• Nebraska Supreme Court: State isn't legally liable for sexual assault committed by foster child

Birth mothers had to adopt own children in 65 cases last year

There were 65 cases last year where birth mothers had to adopt their own children, new figures show.

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Arizona foster parents decry email asking them to 'do more'

An email sent by the director of Arizona's child-welfare system to licensed foster parents has offended some of the parents it meant to inspire.

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