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A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system.
Robert Shouse, 37, of Houston, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for running a child sex abuse website and sexually abusing a 9-year-old. 'Embodiment of evil': Texas man sentenced for exploiting ...
A proposed Texas law that would criminalize medical child abuse has been approved by a House committee after a hearing last week that included testimony from the Tarrant County sheriff.. The ...
More: Texas appeals $100,000 per day fines for failure to investigate foster care abuse. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Appeals court blocks $100K daily fine ...
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Jenna's Law (Texas: Tex. Educ. Code § 38.0041; 2009 HB 1041; 2009 Tex. Gen. Laws, Chap. 1115) [1] is a Texas law which mandates that all public schools, charter schools, and day care facilities train school aged children K-12, staff, and parents on the signs and symptoms of all forms of child abuse. It is the first child sexual abuse ...
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...
A North Texas preschool is being sued after one its teachers pleaded guilty to the 2023 abuse of a 3-year-old that occurred at the campus. The lawsuit was filed by the McCathern Law Firm on Monday ...