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Texas Child Welfare Workers Accused of Lying on Reports
Precise records are hard to come by, but an Austin newspaper says that since 2009 at least 50 Child Protective Services caseworkers have been caught lying to prosecutors, ignoring court orders, falsifying state records or obstructing law enforcement investigations.