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Georgia child welfare leader denies she asked judges to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

Associated Press
Georgia
November 1, 2023

‘The subcommittee’s investigation is ongoing, and the essential question is whether children in foster care are protected from abuse and neglect.’

Judges say Georgia’s child welfare leader asked them to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

Associated Press
Georgia
October 31, 2023

‘What I’ve seen develop in my time on the bench is a culture of child protection by the numbers — cases triaged to boost statistics and then closed prematurely in misleading triumph.’