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“It Was Just a Safety Plan”: How Alabama DHR Uses Your Signature to Break Families
It doesn’t feel like protection.It feels like pressure.
A knock on the door. A worker standing in your living room.And suddenly, you’re handed a document you didn’t ask for, told to sign without question, and...
The Machine
Feeding the Machine: A 2003 CPS Confession That Still Echoes Today
This video is from 2003.Let that sink in.
More than two decades ago, a former CPS worker from Kentucky exposed how the system was operating unlawfully removing children without cause, fueling funding streams, and even...
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Know Your Rights #9: You Have the Right to Access and Review All Records About Your Case
When you are involved in a DHR case, protecting your family starts with knowing exactly what has been written about you. You have the legal right to request, access, and review the records, reports,...
Sunday Spotlight
“Sunday Spotlight Begins: Exposing Corruption, One Story at a Time”
Welcome to Sunday Spotlight — a new space created to expose what too many systems have worked hard to keep hidden.
Every week, we will shine a light on the injustices faced by families across...
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Take Action: Don’t Ignore That Letter — How to Respond to a CAN Hearing Notice from DHR
When DHR Sends a Letter — Pay Attention. Your Rights and Your Family May Be on the Line.
Families across Alabama are often blindsided by a letter in the mail marked from the Department of...
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When the System Conspires – Know Your Rights Under 42 U.S. Code § 1985
There comes a point where injustice becomes too patterned, too precise, and too devastating to be dismissed as coincidence. What happens when it’s not just one worker, one agency, or one mistake—but a web...
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Know Your Rights #8: You Have the Right to Challenge Unsafe or Inappropriate Placements
When a child is removed from a parent’s custody, the trauma doesn’t end with the removal. It continues through every placement, every transition, and every unsafe or unfit environment they are forced to endure....
The Machine
“Exposing the System That Was Never Meant to Help Us: Alabama’s Child Protective Services”
Over the last several months, I’ve poured hours — no, days — into researching and understanding where and how the Alabama child protective system, and systems like it across this nation, have gone so...