Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
I’ve written before about prison camps for teenagers and the abuse that happens there, but this one’s the worst I have seen described INSIDE the U.S. Nothing, NOTHING these girls did could justify this. Never!
AP: 13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers (AP)
from Yahoo! News
AP - The Columbia Training School [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Freckles Cassie
So, if my parents or guardians made me sleep in a room like this
or spend all of my time lying on the floor face down like this …
they would probably get arrested, right? Either for child abuse or neglect.
But what about if parents outsourced abusing their kids? What if they sent thm to places where [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
This press release is from . Congratulations to all of the winners. It is horrible the amount of child abuse, hatred, and discrimination that these people endured.
FOUR LGBT YOUTH WIN NAT’L “COURAGE” GRANTS FROM COLIN HIGGINS FOUNDATION
Winners include former homeless child prostitute, child of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Muslim American gay rights [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
People who know me from my other site, or who know me in person, know that I was abused for many years and that my mom is in jail on drug charges. They also know I am very smart and in all honors classes and that I now live in [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
I have a boyfriend and my family does not want me to have sex with him. They say I am too young and so is he. (Kissing and hugging are fine, but hands must always stay above the waist.) They want me to be older, to be in love, and to be safe when I [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
The Republicans who are into “family values” are also against single parent households. I was raised by my mom alone for 6 years and then raised by my brother alone after that, so I know that there can be problems. Single parents need a lot of support if they are going to have healthy families.
Military [...]
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