Archive for prison
Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Teen Mom’s original bad girl, Amber Portwood, has had her share of run-ins with the police and the court system since being on 16 & Pregnant, the original documentary series that Teen Mom sprang from, roughly four years ago. Last week, Amber tested positive for drugs, violating the terms of her probation for the felony ... read more »
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Two Texas children are in the custody of Child Protective Services after they were found living alone in a dilapidated, abandoned school bus about 35 miles outside of Houston. The children, a 5-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl, were without an adult caregiver and were not attending school. The children’s parents are reportedly in prison ... read more »
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Colorado mom, Shannon Johnson, was arrested and pleaded guilty to child negligence which ultimately lead to her toddler son’s death. Apparently Shannon Johnson routinely left her 13 month old toddler alone in the bathtub so she could have uninterrupted time online, playing Cafe World and doing other reading and surfing while on Facebook. Baby Joseph ... read more »
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Many of us are aware of the sex abuse and violence that takes place in our nation’s jails, but how many stop to think that this problem has trickled down into our juvenile detention centers as well? Girls as young as 13 say they were shackled for weeks at a time in Mississippi. A Texas ... read more »
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