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Affidavits paint a disturbing picture of Texas Child Protective Services
JOHN L. SMITH: Affidavits paint a disturbing picture of Texas Child
Protective Services JOHN L. SMITH http://www.lvrj.com/news/19483449.html They're people you probably don't know and couldn't be expected to understand. You might even despise their way of life and system of belief. But they're American citizens with all the rights guaranteed the rest of us, and that's why today dozens of women and children associated with the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are no longer enduring what one social worker described as conditions experienced by "prisoners of war." In San Angelo, Judge Barbara Walther ordered the return of more than 440 children to their parents following the Texas Supreme Court's ruling that authorities overreached when they rounded up hundreds of women and children during a sex abuse investigation at the sect's communal compound. As isolated as they might be, they're still protected under the law. Affidavits collected in the case paint a disturbing picture of Texas Child Protective Services. On April 8, Linda Werlein was called to San Angelo, where authorities were holding the mothers and children taken in the raid on the Yearning for Zion Ranch. As chief executive officer of the Hill Country Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, Werlein brought a dozen social workers with her. Much of what she was told by CPS officials turned out to be wrong. Werlein was astounded by the conditions they were forced to endure by professionals who herded them onto buses and shipped them to Wells Fargo Pavilion. Although officials noted some of the children had "historic physical injuries" such as healed broken bones, which may be a sign of child abuse, Werlein's perception was very different. "We were told, among other things, that we needed to be careful around the FLDS mothers, that the mothers will not look us in the eye when they address us, that they wear very expensive clothing, and that they will refuse to talk to us unless their attorneys are present," she wrote in her affidavit. "My staff and I soon learned that each and everything that we were told was either inaccurate or untrue. In fact, the FLDS women and children were very personable, would speak freely with us, wore clothes that they had made themselves, and were very open with the MHMR staff. Most of all, I was struck by what wonderful mothers they were." She continued, "Frequently, my staff and I would have to intercede on the part of the mothers and children; in order to get many of their basic needs met. Many of the children were getting sick due to the poor quality of food they were given. ... There were several other concerns about the living conditions that concerned me; including, lack of blankets, the fact that for two weeks children had to play on concrete floors, children were interrogated for several hours at a time (and given little food), mothers had to bathe babies in buckets (only after MHMR could obtain them for the mothers), and the women had no shower facilities for the first few days of their detention. Because the MHMR workers tried to improve these conditions for the mothers and children, CPS workers labeled us as 'sympathizers.'" In statement after statement, MHMR workers detailed inappropriate behavior: not by the FLDS mothers and children, but by the CPS officials. MHMR director of nursing Wanda Brown said, "These women and children show absolutely no signs of abuse. The only signs of abuse I saw took place in the Pavilion where these women and children being held like prisoners of war. They were forced into these crammed shelters, the children were split from their mothers, CPS had no plan to correct the family split. ... "The living conditions were terrible. At first there was only one bathroom for all of these people. Teenage boys were forced to share the bathroom with women, teenage girls, and all of the infants. ... Furthermore, there were no showers for the first few days that I was there. ... Despite the allegations made by CPS, I never saw one woman under the age of 17 who was pregnant." Rounding up innocent "victims" and treating them like prisoners -- all in the name of justice. When a system designed to help children and families -- even families we don't understand -- does more harm than good, it's time to change the system. John L. Smith's column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. E-mail him at or call (702) 383-0295. An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" Child Protective Services Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of CPS. every parent should read the free handbook from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS Perpetrators of Maltreatment Physical Abuse CPS/Foster care 160, biological Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS/Foster care 112, biological Parents 13 Neglect CPS/Foster care 410, biological Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS/Foster care 14 biological Parents 12 Fatalities CPS/Foster care 6.4, biological Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. THIS IS AMERICA'S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST Currently Child Protective Services violates more constitutionally guaranteed liberties & civil rights on a daily basis then all other agencies combined, Including the National Security agency/Central intelligence agency wiretaping programs… THE CORRUPT BUSINESS OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BY: Nancy Schaefer Senator, 50th District of Georgia http://www.senatornancyschaefer.com/...s.php?filter=6 This is Child Protection? By Gregory A. Hession, J.D. http://www.jbs.org/node/4632 Mercenary Motherhood: "Memoirs of a Babystealer." http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/...nion-rightrail FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILU. A Brief Analysis of the Casey Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler http://www.nccpr.org/reports/cfpanalysis.doc HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness DSS and affiliates rewarded for breaking up families By Nev Moore Massachusetts News http://www.massnews.com/past_issues/...May/mayds4.htm A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster ca 30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children. 27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated 33% were receiving public assistance 37% had not finished high school 2% receive a college degree 50% were unemployed Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems, including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment than the general population. *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support 80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system. The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should just be blown up. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991 Four rigorous studies have found that at least 30 percent of America’s foster children could be home right now if their parents had decent housing. This study found thousands of children already in foster care who would have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away in the first place. Front-page story in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...m?csp=34#Close Read the studies online. Casey "alumni" study: "Improving Family Foster Ca Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study," http://www.casey.org/Resources/Publi...lumniStudy.htm MIT study: "Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care," http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf Texas comptroller's "Forgotten Children" reports: www.window.state.tx.us/forgottenchildren The bottom line? - Child Protective Services and the Foster Care system for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than walking wreckage... CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS.... CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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