Shackled Children

Has there been anything further on this case? According to
http://www.aclu-co.org/news/pressrel...ease_child.htm
there was a Federal lawsuit pending. Did it ever get anywhere?



Kids jailed for nothing, lawsuit says

Suspected child abuse victims were cuffed, jailed, suit says

By Karen Abbott, News Staff Writer

Two suspected child abuse victims were locked up for a week and paraded through
the airport in shackles and handcuffs like
criminals last year, according to a federal lawsuit.

"It's truly outrageous," said Rich Gabriel, a lawyer with Holme
Roberts & Owen who is working on the case.

The sister and brother, who are living in foster homes in Oregon,
were 12 and 15 when Denver police arrested their parents on Aug.
8, 2000, at the request of law enforcement authorities in Oregon.
The parents had been accused of molesting the children in 1992
and also were wanted for kidnapping them.

An Oregon judge ordered both the parents and the children, who
had been living with extended family in Denver, returned.

Denver police put the children in a cell, then turned them over
to a private company, Correctional Connections, that took them by
van in shackles and handcuffs to youth jails where they were
locked up for a week, the lawsuit charged.

When an Oregon social worker came to Denver to fetch the
children, they were paraded through Denver International Airport
in handcuffs and shackles until the social worker protested --
twice -- to a Correctional Connections employee, the lawsuit
said.

Gabriel said the Oregon social worker was so outraged she
reported the treatment of the children to the American Civil
Liberties Union. The ACLU of Colorado filed the lawsuit.

An employee at Correctional Connections said inquiries had to be
addressed to co-owner Vicki Ackerman, who was not available
Monday.

Also named in the suit are the Fillmore Youth Detention Center,
where the girl was confined, and the Dahlia Street Youth Center,
where the boy was confined, the lawsuit said.

Fillmore Youth Detention Center counselor Mia Davis said she
could not discuss the lawsuit by telephone "for security
reasons."


Dahlia Street Youth Center director Darryl Taylor was not
available, according to a staff member.

The lawsuit said the parents and the two children were living
with members of their extended family in Denver when police
arrived, woke up the children and took them into custody.

Denver officers interrogated them and put them in a cell,
according to the ACLU's lawsuit. It said the children then were
placed in handcuffs and leg shackles and transported by van to
the juvenile detention centers.

The lawsuit said someone wrongly categorized the children in
paperwork as runaways who had to be locked up.

"In short, the children were effectively jailed, even though they
never committed any crime and had never even been accused of
committing any crime," the lawsuit said.

Denver police spokesman Tony Lombard said Monday he knew nothing
about the alleged incident. The police department was not sued.

"It would be unusual for them to be actually detained because
they're not criminals," Lombard said. "Social Services would be
the one we'd probably contact -- they do have foster care. But
all of this depends on the circumstances."

The lawsuit said the children were twice taken to Denver Juvenile
Court and back to the detention centers in shackles and
handcuffs.

They were not allowed any visits from family members and, at
first, were not allowed to telephone any family members to let
them know their whereabouts. That violates state youth
corrections rules, the lawsuit said.

When they were taken to the airport to meet the Oregon social
worker, the children had to walk through DIA's parking lot and
terminal in shackles and handcuffs, the lawsuit said.

"To their substantial embarrassment and humiliation, the children
were wrongly referred to as 'criminals' by DIA officials who
initially refused to allow them to pass through a general
entrance," it said.

People stared -- at the teen boy especially, because the pain of
walking in shackles required him to jump in order to move
forward, according to the lawsuit.

After the Oregon social worker insisted the handcuffs and
shackles be removed, the children were allowed to move freely
through the airport to order food and beverages, the lawsuit
said.

Gabriel said the children have denied being molested, and Oregon
authorities have dropped the abuse case against their parents.




http://www.aclu-co.org/news/pressrel...ease_child.htm
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough England

Call nothing true until it has been officially denied

Mike, I am not familiar with this case.

Indeed, it seems that there was a breach in policy and COMMON SENSE AND that
they should have been placed with family.

I hope they receive a substantial settlement.

There is a newsgroup that deals with such issues--ascps

alt support child protective services

AOL carries it.

There are many interesting issues presented here. CSA is such an amorphous
charge.

2 sites that may be of interest to you.

http://www.familyrightsassociation.com Oregon


http://www.profane-justice.org Colorado


Mike asked about the status of incarcerated children due to alleged parental
sexual abuse.


Subject: Shackled Children
From: (mike stone)
Date: 10/17/2003 12:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Has there been anything further on this case? According to
http://www.aclu-co.org/news/pressrel...ease_child.htm
there was a Federal lawsuit pending. Did it ever get anywhere?



Kids jailed for nothing, lawsuit says

Suspected child abuse victims were cuffed, jailed, suit says

By Karen Abbott, News Staff Writer

Two suspected child abuse victims were locked up for a week and paraded
through
the airport in shackles and handcuffs like
criminals last year, according to a federal lawsuit.

"It's truly outrageous," said Rich Gabriel, a lawyer with Holme
Roberts & Owen who is working on the case.

The sister and brother, who are living in foster homes in Oregon,
were 12 and 15 when Denver police arrested their parents on Aug.
8, 2000, at the request of law enforcement authorities in Oregon.
The parents had been accused of molesting the children in 1992
and also were wanted for kidnapping them.

An Oregon judge ordered both the parents and the children, who
had been living with extended family in Denver, returned.

Denver police put the children in a cell, then turned them over
to a private company, Correctional Connections, that took them by
van in shackles and handcuffs to youth jails where they were
locked up for a week, the lawsuit charged.

When an Oregon social worker came to Denver to fetch the
children, they were paraded through Denver International Airport
in handcuffs and shackles until the social worker protested --
twice -- to a Correctional Connections employee, the lawsuit
said.

Gabriel said the Oregon social worker was so outraged she
reported the treatment of the children to the American Civil
Liberties Union. The ACLU of Colorado filed the lawsuit.

An employee at Correctional Connections said inquiries had to be
addressed to co-owner Vicki Ackerman, who was not available
Monday.

Also named in the suit are the Fillmore Youth Detention Center,
where the girl was confined, and the Dahlia Street Youth Center,
where the boy was confined, the lawsuit said.

Fillmore Youth Detention Center counselor Mia Davis said she
could not discuss the lawsuit by telephone "for security
reasons."


Dahlia Street Youth Center director Darryl Taylor was not
available, according to a staff member.

The lawsuit said the parents and the two children were living
with members of their extended family in Denver when police
arrived, woke up the children and took them into custody.

Denver officers interrogated them and put them in a cell,
according to the ACLU's lawsuit. It said the children then were
placed in handcuffs and leg shackles and transported by van to
the juvenile detention centers.

The lawsuit said someone wrongly categorized the children in
paperwork as runaways who had to be locked up.

"In short, the children were effectively jailed, even though they
never committed any crime and had never even been accused of
committing any crime," the lawsuit said.

Denver police spokesman Tony Lombard said Monday he knew nothing
about the alleged incident. The police department was not sued.

"It would be unusual for them to be actually detained because
they're not criminals," Lombard said. "Social Services would be
the one we'd probably contact -- they do have foster care. But
all of this depends on the circumstances."

The lawsuit said the children were twice taken to Denver Juvenile
Court and back to the detention centers in shackles and
handcuffs.

They were not allowed any visits from family members and, at
first, were not allowed to telephone any family members to let
them know their whereabouts. That violates state youth
corrections rules, the lawsuit said.

When they were taken to the airport to meet the Oregon social
worker, the children had to walk through DIA's parking lot and
terminal in shackles and handcuffs, the lawsuit said.

"To their substantial embarrassment and humiliation, the children
were wrongly referred to as 'criminals' by DIA officials who
initially refused to allow them to pass through a general
entrance," it said.

People stared -- at the teen boy especially, because the pain of
walking in shackles required him to jump in order to move
forward, according to the lawsuit.

After the Oregon social worker insisted the handcuffs and
shackles be removed, the children were allowed to move freely
through the airport to order food and beverages, the lawsuit
said.

Gabriel said the children have denied being molested, and Oregon
authorities have dropped the abuse case against their parents.




http://www.aclu-co.org/news/pressrel...ease_child.htm
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough England

Call nothing true until it has been officially denied

Again, Fern is not bright enough to recognize where her posts belong.

She gives the poster the appropriate CPS ng address, but makes no effort to
actually send the post to where it belongs.

LaVonne

Fern5827 wrote:

Mike, I am not familiar with this case.

Indeed, it seems that there was a breach in policy and COMMON SENSE AND that
they should have been placed with family.

I hope they receive a substantial settlement.

There is a newsgroup that deals with such issues--ascps

alt support child protective services

AOL carries it.

There are many interesting issues presented here. CSA is such an amorphous
charge.

2 sites that may be of interest to you.

http://www.familyrightsassociation.com Oregon

http://www.profane-justice.org Colorado

Mike asked about the status of incarcerated children due to alleged parental
sexual abuse.

Subject: Shackled Children
From: (mike stone)
Date: 10/17/2003 12:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

Has there been anything further on this case? According to
http://www.aclu-co.org/news/pressrel...ease_child.htm
there was a Federal lawsuit pending. Did it ever get anywhere?



Kids jailed for nothing, lawsuit says

Suspected child abuse victims were cuffed, jailed, suit says

By Karen Abbott, News Staff Writer

Two suspected child abuse victims were locked up for a week and paraded
through
the airport in shackles and handcuffs like
criminals last year, according to a federal lawsuit.

"It's truly outrageous," said Rich Gabriel, a lawyer with Holme
Roberts & Owen who is working on the case.

The sister and brother, who are living in foster homes in Oregon,
were 12 and 15 when Denver police arrested their parents on Aug.
8, 2000, at the request of law enforcement authorities in Oregon.
The parents had been accused of molesting the children in 1992
and also were wanted for kidnapping them.

An Oregon judge ordered both the parents and the children, who
had been living with extended family in Denver, returned.

Denver police put the children in a cell, then turned them over
to a private company, Correctional Connections, that took them by
van in shackles and handcuffs to youth jails where they were
locked up for a week, the lawsuit charged.

When an Oregon social worker came to Denver to fetch the
children, they were paraded through Denver International Airport
in handcuffs and shackles until the social worker protested --
twice -- to a Correctional Connections employee, the lawsuit
said.

Gabriel said the Oregon social worker was so outraged she
reported the treatment of the children to the American Civil
Liberties Union. The ACLU of Colorado filed the lawsuit.

An employee at Correctional Connections said inquiries had to be
addressed to co-owner Vicki Ackerman, who was not available
Monday.

Also named in the suit are the Fillmore Youth Detention Center,
where the girl was confined, and the Dahlia Street Youth Center,
where the boy was confined, the lawsuit said.

Fillmore Youth Detention Center counselor Mia Davis said she
could not discuss the lawsuit by telephone "for security
reasons."


Dahlia Street Youth Center director Darryl Taylor was not
available, according to a staff member.

The lawsuit said the parents and the two children were living
with members of their extended family in Denver when police
arrived, woke up the children and took them into custody.

Denver officers interrogated them and put them in a cell,
according to the ACLU's lawsuit. It said the children then were
placed in handcuffs and leg shackles and transported by van to
the juvenile detention centers.

The lawsuit said someone wrongly categorized the children in
paperwork as runaways who had to be locked up.

"In short, the children were effectively jailed, even though they
never committed any crime and had never even been accused of
committing any crime," the lawsuit said.

Denver police spokesman Tony Lombard said Monday he knew nothing
about the alleged incident. The police department was not sued.

"It would be unusual for them to be actually detained because
they're not criminals," Lombard said. "Social Services would be
the one we'd probably contact -- they do have foster care. But
all of this depends on the circumstances."

The lawsuit said the children were twice taken to Denver Juvenile
Court and back to the detention centers in shackles and
handcuffs.

They were not allowed any visits from family members and, at
first, were not allowed to telephone any family members to let
them know their whereabouts. That violates state youth
corrections rules, the lawsuit said.

When they were taken to the airport to meet the Oregon social
worker, the children had to walk through DIA's parking lot and
terminal in shackles and handcuffs, the lawsuit said.

"To their substantial embarrassment and humiliation, the children
were wrongly referred to as 'criminals' by DIA officials who
initially refused to allow them to pass through a general
entrance," it said.

People stared -- at the teen boy especially, because the pain of
walking in shackles required him to jump in order to move
forward, according to the lawsuit.

After the Oregon social worker insisted the handcuffs and
shackles be removed, the children were allowed to move freely
through the airport to order food and beverages, the lawsuit
said.

Gabriel said the children have denied being molested, and Oregon
authorities have dropped the abuse case against their parents.




http://www.aclu-co.org/news/pressrel...ease_child.htm
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough England

Call nothing true until it has been officially denied

LaVonne Carlson wrote in message ...
Again, Fern is not bright enough to recognize where her posts belong.

She gives the poster the appropriate CPS ng address, but makes no effort to
actually send the post to where it belongs.

LaVonne

We know where your posts belong, up your Nazi rectum!