April 19, 2001

Blatz says child protection system could equal child abuse

Elizabeth Stawicki - Reporter

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At a conference of social workers, judges and attorneys, the Chief Justice of Minnesota's Supreme Court posed this provacative question: Is it possible the child protection system itself represents a form of child abuse and neglect? Justice Kathleen Blatz cited research that shows 80 percent of Minnesota's prison inmates had some contact with the child protection system and she announced a plan to rethink how the system protects children. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports.

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Blatz says child protection system could equal child abuse