An investigation by the Ontario Ombudsman found the York Region Children's Aid Society failed to respect the rights of a 16-year-old girl who repeatedly asked for a foster placement before she died.
One teenage resident and his grandparents described chaos at the facility for troubled youths in North Providence, R.I., as well as incidents confirmed by police logs and the state’s Office of the Child Advocate
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Globe reporter Amanda Milkovits talks about what she has heard from one of the 11 children still living at the state’s troubled psychiatric residential facility for children.