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Children in System Died As D.C. Did Little  One in five of children who died after coming to the attention of the D.C.'s child protection system lost their lives after staff failed to take key preventive action or placed them in dangerous homes or institutions. • Also in The Post: Mending 'Frayed Trust' • Also in The Post: A Social Worker Quits Day 2: Disabled and Forgotten A Foster Girl Is Sent Away and Dies Alone Bent over in her wheelchair, her spine twisted by scoliosis, NickiColma Spriggs died at age 15 in the hallway of a Delaware nursing home on Thanksgiving Day 1998. Her body looked like an upside-down L. • Also in The Post: For the Unwanted, Few Options • Children's Stories: Bias • Children's Stories: Waytes, Howard Day 3: Babies at Risk No Care for Frail Infants Eleven drug-exposed or medically frail newborns died from after they were released to parents whose troubles were well documented by hospitals and social workers. • Also in The Post: No Electricity, No Hope • Children's Stories: Part 1, Part 2 Day 4: A Failure to Investigate Child Endangered, Without a Lifeline In dozens of cases involving child neglect or abuse complaints brought to the attention of the District's child protection system, police officers and social workers responsible for the safety of children failed to take the most basic steps to shield them from harm. • Video: Cecilia Rushing's Godmother • Video: Monica Wheeler's Godmother • Children's Stories: Part 1, Part 2 EditorialsDeath of the City's Innocents (The Washington Post, 9/16/01) Cloaking Deaths in Secrecy (The Washington Post, 10/2/01) The Seventh Child to Die (The Washington Post, 10/27/01) A Family Court Bill Made Better (The Washington Post, 12/4/01)
Following the Series
Toddler's Mother Sentenced to Probation: Mother Present When Brianna Blackmond Was Beaten to Death (Post, Nov. 1, 2002; 1:57 PM)
Study Praises D.C. For Moving Faster With Foster Care: Children Get Permanent Homes Sooner (Post, Oct. 23, 2002) D.C. Making Strides in Foster Care, Report Says: Monitor Urges End of Probation (Post, Oct. 4, 2002) D.C. Speeds Group Home Change: Move Follows New Report of Assaults on Boys (Post, Aug. 1, 2002) Fighting to Get Past Brianna: D.C. Judge Involved in Toddler's Death Seeks to Return to Bench (Post, June 10, 2002) Toddler's Death Ruled a Homicide: Girl Suffered Head Trauma, Police Say (Post, May 10, 2002) Judge Rebukes D.C. for Dead Teen: 18-Year-Old Was Slain While Waiting for Drug Treatment (Post, Jan. 11, 2002) Awaiting Help, D.C. Ward Slain: Judge Ordered Agency to Get Drug Treatment for Teen (Post, Dec. 22, 2001) Family Court For D.C. Advances: Senate Approves Hill Compromise (Post, Dec. 15, 2001) Deficiencies Found in D.C. Child Services: Study Preceded City Control (Post, Dec. 7, 2001) © 2002-2005 The Washington Post Company |
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