Systemic Injustice
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“They Had to Rewrite Me to Justify the Removal”
All across Alabama and the nation, families are discovering a terrifying truth. The person described in the DHR or CPS case file isn’t them. It’s a version of them that doesn’t exist.
Case files are...
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Sunday Spotlight: The Great Deception
How Child Protective Services Masks Power as Protection
Across the United States, Child Protective Services agencies operate under the banner of child safety. Their mission statements speak of protection, healing, and justice.
Yet beneath the...
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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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“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...
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Know Your Rights #7: You Deserve Dignity: The Right to Fair Treatment by DHR
Explanation: DHR must treat all individuals with respect and without discrimination. Any decisions made should be free from bias and based on factual information.
Legal Reference: Alabama Administrative Code r. 660-5-34-.02 emphasizes providing services without...