Sixty foster kids were placed in an accused pedophile’s Long Island lair by ACS despite 18 separate child abuse allegations against him — and child welfare workers never once checked on them.
The foster care system in Mississippi has been a source of shame and embarrassment for years, if not decades. That's the bad news. The good news is that the state appears to be making a good-faith effort to improve conditions for one of the most vulnerable groups of Mississippians -- children who have no family to support them.
A grand jury report has concluded that a Ridge foster parent accused of sexually abusing boys should have been caught sooner.
