Daily Archives: June 1, 2020

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For Profit Youth Prisons

CASA, Child Death, Crime and Courts, Guardian ad-Litem, Health and Mental Health, Politics and Funding, Public Policy, The StatesBy Mike Tikkanen June 1, 2020

This combination of a profit-hungry private prison and a bad law that allows too many teenagers to enter the adult justice system has created a public safety crisis in Mississippi.

You’re Hurting Me – Children Living In Toxic Homes During The Covid Lockdown (domestic violence statistics)

AAA Featured Slider Post, child abuse, child protection, child sex abuse, Domestic Abuse, Kids At Risk Action (KARA), Public Policy, ReportingBy Mike Tikkanen June 1, 2020

TThe absence of reports of violence against children in the media does not reflect the amount of trauma and suffering of children in toxic homes in our communities today.

The COVID lockdown has almost ended domestic violence abuse reporting in the media and for children, there are no classrooms to escape to. Social workers can’t get into the homes to talk to or look at children to hear their stories and see their bruises.