Fostercare children are overmedicated.

Over 300,000 children were prescribed medications with doses higher than what is recommended for an adult. Continue reading Fostercare children are overmedicated.

Parents fear their children will die in Texas custody.

the system’s total population dropped from an average of 842 in 2019 to 612 as of May 2022, the number of incidents of self-harm has almost doubled. TJJD data shows that in 2019, there were 1,181 incidents of self-harm in its facilities. That number rose to 1,761 incidents in 2020 and 2,104 in 2021. Continue reading Parents fear their children will die in Texas custody.