A woman charged in a chronic child neglect case, where court officials called the home “a house of horrors,” entered a plea ...

Trigger Warning: This article mentions disturbing details about child abuse. Florida saw a significant number of child abuse ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A man and a woman charged in the horrific child neglect case involving Kinsleigh Welty have agreed to separate plea deals. According to court documents, 29-year-old Ryan Smith agreed to ...

A 5-year-old boy in Louisiana died weighing just 19 pounds, a weight more typical of an infant than a kindergartner, after what investigators describe as prolonged and extreme neglect. Authorities say ...

Emergency responders deemed Nickolas and Alie Shearer's apartment "not livable for children" after being called to the home ...

A Louisiana couple has been arrested on suspicions of neglect and cruelty to a minor after the death of their severely ...

Both received identical sentences: 360 days in jail, with credit for the two days already served, and 18 months of supervised ...

CHARLESTON – A federal audit of West Virginia’s child welfare system during former Gov. Jim Justice’s final year in office found that 91% of 100 reviewed reports did not follow requirements for child ...

According to PEOPLE, deputies with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a gas station in Geismar at ...

The Child Law Project, which reports on child protection proceedings, has published 77 new case reports to detail the kinds ...

WASHINGTON -- Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports ...