In his book ‘She’s So Cold,’ Donald E. McInnis details the long, harsh interrogations of three boys who were wrongly accused. Now, he’s advocating for a simplified Miranda warning for children. Author and longtime defense attorney Donald E. McInnis has a ...
19 Jul 2019 - Libby Dowsett
The state ranks 29th in the U.S. for children’s economic well-being while child and teen deaths surge, according to the 30th annual Kids Count National Data Book A new report shows Oregon children rank in the bottom half of the country for economic well-b ...
28 Jun 2019 - Libby Dowsett
At the forefront of a national push to hold johns accountable, the Sheriff's Department has an innovative approach to gathering information on traffickers A girl talks about her friend who’s being sold out of a motel room on game days in Eugene. A s ...
31 May 2019 - Libby Dowsett
A boost in funding is sought to hire more caseworkers and stabilize existing foster families Marissa Johnson’s former foster child had no place to go. When the youth’s behavior became potentially dangerous to herself and her foster family, the Oregon Depa ...
3 May 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Advocates for foster kids explain the widespread problems in Oregon’s system A federal class-action lawsuit detailing harrowing experiences of 10 children in Oregon’s foster care system comes as no shock to former foster youth Elizabeth Graves. “It should ...
26 Apr 2019 - Libby Dowsett
The plaintiffs detail abuse, neglect, trauma and the state's failure to protect them The lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Oregon and A Better Childhood against the Oregon foster care system are 10 youths currently in foster car ...
19 Apr 2019 - Libby Dowsett
"This system is not making kids better; it’s making them worse” A federal class-action lawsuit filed April 16 on behalf of all current and future foster children in Oregon demands the governor and leaders of the Oregon Department of Human Services be ...
16 Apr 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Youths are taught that the dynamics of a coercive relationship emerge slowly after a power imbalance is established Many youths caught up in the deceptive world of sex trafficking might not even realize it, said Emmy Ritter, executive director of Raphael ...
15 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
New Day Program offers one-stop services for youths in Multnomah County Social service professionals who work with sex-trafficking survivors in Multnomah County will tell you there are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding the commercial sexual ex ...
15 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Expansion proposed of Child Welfare’s Independent Living Program and other transition services Whitney Rodgers has spent nearly half her life moving from placement to placement in the foster care system, but it wasn’t until she turned 17 that she began to ...
8 Mar 2019 - Libby Dowsett