Throwaway Kids facts for kids
Throwaway Kids was a two-part investigative report airing on the ABC News television series 20/20 in 1981.
The report followed a nine-month undercover investigation by producers Karen Burnes and Bill Lichtenstein. The reports detailed the documented abuse and neglect among children, the aged, and those with mental illness who were in the care and custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
Producer Karen Burnes filming "Throwaway Kids" for ABC News 20/20 in Oklahoma, 1981.
Today, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services has almost eight thousand employees and a budget of $1.4 billion from state and federal funding. Currently the Department is involved in another lawsuit, with the advocacy group "Children's Rights," over its treatment of juveniles in state custody.
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