PROTECT Spotlight

PROTECT updates our members on a regular basis with news, analysis and other information about public servants in the news. Sometimes these stories highlight men and women doing a good job out there on behalf of child protection. Other times, we shine the spotlight on those who are failing children. You can find them here... for the record.

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"Re-homing" is trafficking, and it must be stopped

By Grier Weeks A national movement has arisen over the past decade in America, dedicated to fighting human trafficking and slavery. With one foot in the religious community and the other in the nonprofit world, anti-trafficking activists are bearing...Read more

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Wisconsin legislators approve additional funding for ICACs

Wisconsin's budget committee has approved a million dollars in funding for 11 new positions for Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. The new positions will be added over a two year period. Attorney General Van Hollen has long made...Read more

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Judge: No right to be parents, no right to be in society

West Virginia Circuit Court Judge Arthur Recht has sent a couple to prison for child neglect, telling them "[you] forfeited your right not only to be parents, but you have forfeited your right to live in society." Crystal and Terry Isenhower of...Read more

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Daughter asks judge for justice, mother gets life

A West Virginia mother has been sentenced to life in prison for child sexual abuse, after her daughter wrote a moving letter asking the judge for justice. According to the Wheeling News-Register , Jessica Morris was convicted of repeated sexual...Read more

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WV lawmaker and law enforcement work together to protect children

Thanks to PROTECT friend, U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan, child safety in West Virginia is a priority. At an event last month, law enforcement officials thanked Rep. Mollohan for securing funding for them. This includes securing funds for the Internet...Read more

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BJ Annette: PROTECT Warrior For Life

My name's BJ Annette. I joined PROTECT for one simple reason: Children should NEVER have to know pain, torture, suffering or the realization of death from the hands of monsters who prey on the truly helpless. I want to do whatever I can to stop them...Read more

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A Class Act

PROTECT's Director of Legislative Affairs, Camille Cooper, joined outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Congressman Chaka Fattah, Appropriations Chairman David Obey and PROTECT ACT Champion Congresswoman Debbie...Read more

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Spokane voters recall mayor

He's finally gone. Spokane Mayor Jim West didn't have enough shame or consideration for his city's civic life to resign from office, after local newspapers exposed his long pattern of predatory sexual behavior. So last night he was fired by the...Read more

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WA: Foster care review panel says state dragging feet

Washington state's problem-plagued foster care system is under court-ordered oversight, and the panel monitoring it says it is dragging its feet on reform. The Braam Oversight Panel, named after a Washington girl who lived in 34 different foster...Read more

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Washington police expose lack of accountability

Police in Redmond, Washington pulled a 52-year old foster father out of choir practice Wednesday and arrested him on child sexual abuse charges. According to the Seattle Times, the arrest of Enrique Fabregas was made after a 19-year old former...Read more

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