Hidden Foster Care: All Of The Responsibility, None Of The Resources Outside of the traditional foster care system exists a shadow system of potentially hundreds of thousands of children removed by CPS to their relatives or family friends—without a court case, monetary support, or due process. Roxanna Asgarian Dec 21, 2020
Children in Residential Treatment Centers Are Especially Vulnerable to COVID-19 Tens of thousands of children are in congregate care settings around the country, and some have already started to get sick. Roxanna Asgarian May 05, 2020
Sheriff’s Office Profiles New Jersey Student After School Shooting Thousands of Miles Away, Lawsuit Says The student, whose last name is Mohammed, was subject to improper searches based on little evidence, his attorney argues. Roxanna Asgarian Mar 09, 2020
Family Sues Pittsburgh Public School For Handcuffing 7-Year-Old In a lawsuit, the boy’s family said he was repeatedly suspended, secluded, and violently restrained before he was ever given a special education evaluation. Roxanna Asgarian Feb 04, 2020
New Lawsuit Claims Texas Prison Guards Sexually Assaulted Female Guard Guards at the Mark Stiles Unit in Beaumont are alleged to have led the victim to a hallway where there were no security cameras. , Roxanna Asgarian Dec 17, 2019
Harris County D.A. Kim Ogg Didn’t Deliver On Her Promise Of Reform. Now Another One Of Her Former Prosecutors Is Running Against Her. Carvana Cloud, until recently the chief of the Special Victims Bureau, is entering the race to unseat her former boss. Roxanna Asgarian Dec 05, 2019
Longtime Louisiana Prisoner Who Maintained Her Innocence Dies Less Than Two Years After Her Release The poor healthcare that Bobbie Jean Johnson received during her more than 40 years in prison contributed to her death, family members say. Roxanna Asgarian Nov 25, 2019
North Carolina Judge Rules That Prosecuting 16-year-old As An Adult Violates His Constitutional Rights Two years ago, the state passed ‘raise the age’ legislation that goes into effect in December. A judge’s decision regarding a teen charged in 2015 raises the possibility of relief for other young people charged since the law’s passage. Roxanna Asgarian Oct 22, 2019
Oklahoma Woman Imprisoned For Boyfriend’s Abuse Gets Chance at Freedom Tondalao Hall has served 15 years for allegedly ‘failing to protect’ her kids from their father’s violence. A parole board will now decide if that’s enough. Roxanna Asgarian Oct 08, 2019
‘A Town Without Pity’: Lawsuits Allege Police Cover-up of Sex Abuse by Officers in Maine The accusations span decades and involve two separate Biddeford cops and at least seven alleged victims. Roxanna Asgarian Jul 01, 2019
In Texas, D.A. Who Promised Reform Now Faces Challenge From The Left Audia Jones pledges to tackle ‘brokenness in the system’ by unseating Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. Roxanna Asgarian Mar 07, 2019
A Mother Grapples With an Adoption that Led to Deaths Tammy Scheurich, who lost three biological children in the Hart family crash last year, tells her story for the first time. Roxanna Asgarian Feb 26, 2019
D.A. Who Ran as a Reformer Says She Needs 100 More Prosecutors ‘How are we making sure that we’re not just building and building a system that we know is not necessarily effective?’ Roxanna Asgarian Feb 08, 2019
Moving Away From ‘Jail for Everybody’ Harris County Judge Darrell Jordan discusses his newly elected colleagues’ decision to withdraw an appeal of a landmark bail reform lawsuit. Roxanna Asgarian Jan 14, 2019
‘I Gotta Be Strong for My Babies’ An Oklahoma woman is serving 18 months in prison after being accused of failing to protect her daughter from the girl’s dad. Roxanna Asgarian Dec 18, 2018
Parents Fight For Daughter After ‘Pervasive and Egregious’ Violations By Family Court Volunteers Washington case raises questions about the role of court appointed special advocates. Roxanna Asgarian Sep 28, 2018
Before Children’s Grisly Deaths, a Family Fought for Them and Lost The Hart family’s apparent murder-suicide drew headlines, but the path to the tragedy started much earlier—in Texas. Roxanna Asgarian Jul 12, 2018
