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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago*

The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is supposed to oversee DHS, but there’s so much regulatory capture and incest that they don’t do their job.

DHS used to be under federal oversight, but they were released from the Pinnacle Plan earlier this year. There’s some movements to try to get a grand jury investigation opened, some other movements in court.

I’ve called senators and house reps over and over. There aren’t really any federal agencies that can help. They really seem to be a law unto themselves.

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    [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    She ran away multiple times, and with those kinds of kids, they basically stop caring. Same with the ones who attempt to kill themselves multiple times - in the words of the director of Kiamachi Youth Services, they are “lemons.”

    Never a consideration that death often would be preferable to the hell holes we call group homes. It’s fucking sick. I’ve been in the room and heard the complete callousness in the way they talk about these kids.

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    [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I couldn’t even get a lawyer in Oklahoma to help me after my ex husband tortured me and maxed out my credit cards lol. Oklahoma is a place where compassion does not exist.

    I’ve also been turned down by at least 3 news agencies at this point. I’m starting to suspect there’s something more foul/corrupt at play.

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    [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    High Pointe was a public facility which took in foster children. It was shut down by the state because it was unsafe - it was already under investigation before Jerry died, and I have heard horror stories from survivors.

    Positive Changes was opened by the same individuals almost immediately after High Pointe was closed. They just figured out a loophole - private means that no one can regulate you apparently. There is not a single state agency with jurisdiction apparently.

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