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Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agents Almost Never Get One

Author:
Hager, Eli
Publication:
ProPublica
Year:
2022

Each year, child protective services agencies inspect the homes of roughly 3.5 million children, opening refrigerators and closets without a warrant. Only about 5% of these kids are ultimately found to have been physically or sexually abused.