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The Lucy Faithfull Foundation’s Stop It Now! Helpline has seen a two-thirds increase in users in the past year, with over 270,000 people accessing the service.
A list of sweeping Pennsylvania reforms to the state’s definition of what constitutes child abuse, when people are required to report it, and the amount of punishment meted out to those who fail to do so, has resulted in tens of thousand of unfounded reports, disproportionately affecting families of color living in poverty.
Three families being investigated filed a new lawsuit Wednesday against Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), and DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters.
Louisiana legislators are considering a bill to strictly limit the use of solitary for young people, after hearing vivid testimony of its impact on those who have experienced the punishment.
The 35 percent increase in reports could represent an improvement on the part of platforms to identify and remove abusive content.
On Thursday, Brandon Bernard joined the list of individuals executed for a crime committed when he was an adolescent. Convicted for his part in a gruesome murder 21 years ago, Bernard also fell victim to a system that still fails to consider an offender’s youth and background, such as a history of abuse, as a mitigating circumstance.
With educators, child care centers and camp directors unable to report incidents of child abuse because of the pandemic, experts fear that abuse in the home is worsening.
Reports of abuse are down, but there are fewer teachers, child care providers, police and social workers available to report it. With economic stress, “alcohol abuse and drug abuse don’t just magically disappear,” says one expert.
As schoolwork shifts online and more kids stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, the risk of abuse has grown. But it’s also harder to track.