This is heartbreaking and all too familiar to those who’ve experienced foster care, myself included. Some studies suggest that anywhere from 25-40% of children in foster care will experience abuse or neglect while in the very system that is tasked to “protect” them. The system, as we know it, must be abolished. Otherwise, more children and families will be harmed.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/11/metro/massachusetts-house-of-horrors-settlement/