Scary truth about "facilities" for children

The Tampa Bay Times ran a story recently about how children's group homes in Florida have a loophole enabling them to abuse the kids staying there and violate their civil right with impunity. While this seems shocking it really shouldn't be news to anyone. Government, police and the courts violate adult civil rights all the time. Usually out of sense of expediency but also to circle the wagons around themselves or punish naysayers. Those adults usually have lawyers and the ability to speak loudly on their own behalf. Children who end up in the care of the social welfare system are rarely knowledgeable about their rights or capable of speaking for themselves. So they get "processed" with expediency and the State's best interest at heart. This lack of value for the rights of American Children gets reflected in the quality of the facilities that care for them and the people who keep jobs there. Between weak legal protection, lack of accountability they end up attract employees and patrons looking for safe places to experiment with unorthodox, usually illegal methods.

We need to do better.