For years, Marty Sinnott warned Rhode Island lawmakers of trouble mounting in the state’s child welfare system. But the CEO of the Middletown-based nonprofit Child and Family Services of Newport County says nobody listened. Now, officials from the state Department of Children, Youth and Families are scrambling to remove kids from the troubled St. Mary’s […]
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Federal investigation of DCYF, local hunters group advocates banning captive hunting, and more
Bradley Hospital is in the news this week. The U.S. Justice Department alleging the state’s child welfare agency is violating the civil rights of children with behavioral and developmental disabilities by keeping them hospitalized long after their treatments have ended. We’ll talk to a reporter who’s been following the story for years. Also, we’ll find out more about proposed legislation to ban hunting captive wild animals in Rhode Island.
And a company in Pawtucket called Gif-o-Graf has a fun way for students to create stop-motion animation
