Children are being warehoused in office buildings, sleeping on air mattresses under desks and in cubicle corners. This is not care. It is neglect, carried out by the very agencies meant to protect them. These images are not isolated. They are evidence of a systemic failure that demands accountability and reform.

An Indiana couple is facing charges after allegedly abusing 33 foster children over 13 years. This article explores the case—and the broader pattern of how the child welfare system often fails the very children it claims to protect.