Members phkrause Posted April 30 Members Posted April 30 Adopted and Locked Away: Kids promised ‘forever homes’ instead confined in for-profit institutions An Associated Press investigation finds that a business known for tough-love boarding schools for rebellious, rich teenagers has also set its sights on a different demographic: adopted kids. Experts say adoptees, only 2% of American children, account for an estimated 25-40% of those in residential treatment. Adoptees told the AP they believe they’ve been enmeshed in a shadow orphanage system where children end up with the very fate that adoption was supposed to spare them — promised ‘forever homes’ but institutionalized instead, some for years, in oppressive and sometimes abusive facilities. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ WATCH: AP investigates why many adopted kids end up in residential treatment centers Takeaways from AP investigation: Adopted kids confined in for-profit institutions Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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