At least 2,400 day care workers were on the job before their records turned up, including a Tampa man with this note in his screening record: "EVIL DUDE-RAPE+KIDNAP+SEX ASLT," a statewide database of screenings since 1985 shows.
Hundreds of people in Hillsborough County charged with offenses such as theft, prostitution, robbery, arson and other crimes received state exemptions to care for children, elderly and the disabled, according to the newspaper's databases.
Through an exemption system created by lawmakers two decades ago, Florida has cleared more than 8,700 people with criminal records to be caregivers. They include 45 murderers, 12 registered sex offenders and 200 people with histories of harming children.
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NUTS!
ReplyDeleteThanks for publishing the links to the databases so people do their own investigation.
ReplyDeleteThe articles coming out of Florida this week about nursing homes and the real danger to patients have been enlightening. Thank you NASGA.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandmother always said you don't want to get sick in Florida because Florida doesn't care about old folks.
ReplyDeleteShe was right.
Geez, what an awful thought I just had. I read the story above about assisted suicide and then all this about Florida nursing homes. It gave me the fleeting thought that Florida nursing homes are a good argument for assisted suicide. Most people would rather die than be subjected to abuse and danger.
ReplyDeleteI hope the Florida nursing home series sparks more people to take care of their loved ones at home -- and out of the nursing home.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with our government?
ReplyDeleteAre they incompetent, corrupt, or both, when they let these things happen, especially to such vulnerable individuals?