Thursday, WBRZ was first to report on the arrest of a foster parent in Ascension Parish. Jerry Oubre was booked into the Ascension Parish jail on sexual battery and indecent behavior with juveniles charges. He is being held without bond.
Oubre, a state foster parent, was able to avoid any “red flags,” the head of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services said in an interview with WBRZ.
Outrage quickly followed, though, from people who are close to Oubre, who said they filed complaints directly to the DCFS.
“...I reported this… almost two years to the date,” a woman wrote in an email to DCFS and obtained by WBRZ. The woman emailed the child advocacy department after learning of Oubre’s arrest from WBRZ.
- Abuser Name or Alias:: Jerry Oubre
- Type of Abuse:: Sexual
- Matter Resolved?: Ongoing
ACLU of Illinois reacts to 35 DCFS employees accused of falsifying reports and testimony since 2014
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- Created: Wednesday, 03 April 2019 18:43
- Written by Alecomm2
A recent media investigation looked at the past five years of Inspector General reports on the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and found 35 employees had actions taken against them for either falsifying information or falsely testifying in court.
The below statement can be attributed to Claire Stewart, Staff Counsel at the ACLU of Illinois:
“The public reporting that 35 employees working for or on behalf of DCFS have been disciplined in recent years for falsifying reports and testimony is appalling. How could the Department fail to address its chronic failure to retain a sufficient workforce, and its inadequate supervisory practices, after uncovering such wrongdoing? The answer is that leadership has careened from one crisis to another rather than doing the hard work to fix its fundamentally broken practices.
ACLU of Illinois reacts to 35 DCFS employees accused of falsifying reports and testimony since 2014
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- Category: Child Protection USA media and newspaper articles
- Created: Wednesday, 03 April 2019 18:43
- Written by Alecomm2
A recent media investigation looked at the past five years of Inspector General reports on the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and found 35 employees had actions taken against them for either falsifying information or falsely testifying in court.
The below statement can be attributed to Claire Stewart, Staff Counsel at the ACLU of Illinois:
“The public reporting that 35 employees working for or on behalf of DCFS have been disciplined in recent years for falsifying reports and testimony is appalling. How could the Department fail to address its chronic failure to retain a sufficient workforce, and its inadequate supervisory practices, after uncovering such wrongdoing? The answer is that leadership has careened from one crisis to another rather than doing the hard work to fix its fundamentally broken practices.
When CPS kidnaps children for money
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- Created: Thursday, 13 February 2020 23:37
- Written by Selwyn Duke - New American
“If I have it my way, you’ll never see your mommy and daddy again.” These cruel words were reportedly uttered to eight-year-old Jaxon Adams by a Missouri doctor working closely with Child Protective Services. While we don’t know if this statement will prove prophetic, the fact is that some children will never see their parents again — or, at least, not for a very long time — because of CPS.And it has been alleged that many of these youngsters are essentially kidnapped — for money.
Children in care sent far away from family fall prey to paedophiles and drugs gangs
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- Created: Tuesday, 17 September 2019 20:21
- Written by Sky News UK
Local authorities are accused of being "recruitment sergeants" for gangs by placing children out of area.
Thousands of vulnerable children are magnets for paedophiles and county lines drugs gangs because councils are sending them away from friends and family, MPs have warned.
Children are being placed in "grave danger" by the very professionals who should protect them, an inquiry by the all Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Runaway and Missing Children and Adults found.
300 families say child services wrongly accused them of abuse and unjustly stole their kids
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- Created: Thursday, 05 December 2019 17:30
- Written by Robby Soave - Reason
"It’s an epidemic across our nation," one parent told NBC.
A mother from Michigan lost custody of her children after a pediatrician decided that red splotches on her 6-week-old's skin were signs of deliberate physical abuse.
Another mother, from Washington state, was separated from her children for more than a year because a child abuse specialist said she was exaggerating her 5-year-old's health problems.
A Florida mother took her 4-month-old son to the hospital after he suffered a seizure. A doctor contacted child services, claiming the child must have been shaken or beaten. The boy's father was charged with the crime. Charges were eventually dropped after other medical experts disputed the initial claims.
Norwegian Nightmare: 'Barnevernet' Preys On Children and Parents
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- Created: Wednesday, 17 July 2019 00:38
- Written by Dale Hurd - CBN.com
One of the first things you notice about Norway when you visit is how beautiful it is. But there is a very dark side of Norway that most of the world knows nothing about. It's called Barnevernet, and it can be as cold and brutal as the Norwegian winter.
Barnevernet means "child welfare." It's Norway's network of local child protection service offices. But to its victims, Barnevernet means anything but protecting children.
'Barnevernet' Takes American Children
After moving to Norway from Atlanta for her husband's employment, American mother Natalya Shutakova's three American-born children were taken by Barnevernet two months ago for alleged child mistreatment.
Shutakova and her Lithuanian husband were jailed for 24 hours and told they could get two years in prison for discussing the case. They're waiting to hear if they will lose custody of their children for good. All three are American citizens.
Horrifying outcomes for CYF kids warrant a 'whole new model' - Tolley
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- Category: Child Protection International media articles
- Created: Thursday, 24 September 2015 12:13
- Written by Stacey Kirk - Stuff NZ
"Horrifying" statistics show children under the care of Child Youth and Family are struggling to break free from a cycle of continued abuse and re-victimisation, a major report has found.
A high-level interim report into the systems used by the state carer calls for a complete overhaul of the way it operates.
Children were not being put at the centre of care, and a "fragmented system" lacked common purpose or accountability.
That left a "concerning level of re-abuse for children who have been in care".
Eight year old girl forced to put rag in her mouth to hush her screams during beatings in foster home
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- Category: Child Protection USA media and newspaper articles
- Created: Thursday, 06 June 2019 21:27
- Written by Venus Upadhayaya - Epoch Times
An 8-year-old was so badly abused by her foster mother that her body was found covered with uncountable scars, scabs, blisters, and bruises from whip marks when police went to her foster home in Florida on May 16.
The child was forced to put a rag in her mouth while her foster family beat her so no one could hear her screams, reported the Sun Sentinel.
When police arrived at the home, foster caretaker Duane Fletcher, 56, interrupted the child’s interview with the investigator. In his presence, the child denied that her injuries were from beatings.
CPS case worker accused of lying under oath
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- Category: Child Protection USA media and newspaper articles
- Created: Thursday, 22 November 2018 05:46
- Written by Randy Wallace - Fox 26 News
These two attorneys represent the maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy who has been in the custody of Child Protective Services for almost his whole life.
That makes no sense, the attorneys say, when you have suitable blood relatives wanting to adopt.
"The child is in foster care. He's a ward of the state and the grandparent is actually getting foster care payments. It makes no sense whatsoever," said attorney Steven Pook.
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