What do you get when you report and potentially halt the alleged abuse and sexual assault of innocent children by those in the highest echelons of power? An award? Public acclaim, perhaps? Try a suspension, a full investigation into your life, and possible dismissal.
“A senior United Nations aid worker has been suspended for disclosing to prosecutors an internal report on the sexual abuse of children by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic.” The abused children were as young as nine years old…
UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops
The Guardian
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Whistleblowers have bravely come forward to speak out against the surprising amount of children being placed in adult jails and prisons. Many of these children are being locked up with adult offenders simply for running away from abusive foster care homes.
“The Obama administration is failing to sanction states that house excessive numbers of teenagers and children in adult jails and prisons, placing them at greater risk for violent attacks, sexual assaults and suicide, two career Justice Department employees plan to testify…”
Justice Department Officials Slam Obama Administration For Not Enforcing Law Barring States From Jailing Too Many Youths With Adults
International Business Times
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The previously highlighted story underscores a gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars.
“…[T]wo OJJDP employees – Compliance Monitoring Coordinator Elissa Rumsey and Disproportionate Minority Contact Coordinator Andrea Coleman – both said states have repeatedly received full funding while failing to comply with some of the act’s four core requirements.”
While the DOJ attempts to sort out this issue, one must wonder what is happening to the foster children locked up with adult offenders.
OJJDP Staffers Blast Compliance Integrity, Administrator Listenbee
The Chronicle of Social Change