The story of the Turpin children—13 siblings discovered living in a “House of Horrors” in Riverside County in 2018—shocked the nation. Unfortunately, for six of those children, the abuse didn’t end ...

She was a teenager who thought calling 911 would finally save her family. Instead, the girl who slipped out of a filthy ...

Many states are failing to track how often children in foster care facilities are abused, the Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General said in a report. The report, published Wednesday, ...

I've spent over four decades in courtrooms watching an American tragedy continue to unfold. Children—some barely old enough to speak—face the traumas of abuse, neglect, removal from their natural ...

Eight women and girls, including some from Flint, allege abuse at a Deaborn Heights social services and foster care ...

RIVERSIDE CO., Calif -- Six of the 13 Turpin siblings who were rescued in 2018 from a life of captivity in their parents' Perris, California, home have filed a lawsuit against Riverside County and the ...

Days after being rescued from the California household where the 13 Turpin siblings suffered horrific abuse at the hands of their own parents, six of the youngest children entered the foster care ...

The costs of a compromised foster care system, and some possible solutions In this series, I have talked about the paradox of the foster care system, the problems inherent in the system, and the real ...

While Michigan has improved in its handling of child welfare for those in foster care, the state still has a lot of work to do, according to a biannual report from federal court monitors. Judge Nancy ...

A second foster mother this summer has been charged with abusing a child in her care. The foster mother, Johnnie Denise Douma, 47, is facing one count of child abuse after an exam showed the ...