Questions raised about CPS decisions following girl's death

Questions raised about CPS decisions following girl's death

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Sandra Chapman/Eyewitness News

Indianapolis - The Marion County Prosecutor has files in hand that could
explain why a child removed more from an abusive home was put back with
a mother now accused in her death.

TaJanay Bailey was found unresponsive early Wednesday from what
investigators describe as a pattern or beatings spread out over days.
She had just returned to her mother's home a month ago.

Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has charged Charity Bailey,
TaJanay's mother, and her boyfriend, Lawerence Green, in the girl's
death. Now he wants to know how a child in the state's care ended up in
harm's way.

"Someone -went in and said it was okay for this little girl to go back
into a home that she was removed from," said Brizzi.

TaJanay, 3, died despite warnings from a former foster mother who
reported deplorable living conditions and abuse. Also, an emergency room
doctor reported bruises to the little girl's thigh and leg to Child
Protective Services in 2006. But Brizzi says CPS did not get police
involved.

"I want to know who took her out of foster care and placed her back into
that environment and who checked the house and who knew that the mother
failed the drug test," Brizzi said.

"We know from experience that placing a child back in the home is
something that we need to monitor," said Judge James Payne, Department
of Child Services. "It is primarily our responsibility to make those
recommendations and to support those through the documentation."

Eyewitness News has obtained some records from Tajanay Bailey's case.
Inside the documents, the state had plans to reunify TaJanay with her
mother as far back as February of this year. In fact, TaJanay had
monitored visits with Bailey and Green.

One such visit in March was moved because of Charity Bailey's living
conditions and reports of drug abuse. Despite the goals for TaJanay,
Judge Payne denies Child Services workers are pressured to return
children to their biological homes.

"The pressure will always be the best interest of the child and the
health and safety of that child," said Payne.

"It definitely appears from the evidence we have accumulated so far that
something in fact went wickedly awry in this case," said Brizzi.

The documentation is key in this case. Friday's hearing will determine
whether that information will be made public so we all can see where the
possible breakdown in the system occurred. While Brizzi and Judge Payne
place the blame squarely at the feet of the suspects, Brizzi says
equally devastating is that despite being in the system, TaJanay had no
one there to fight for her.



CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

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 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, 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.


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...