As police officers raided a foster home looking for guns and weapons, they found that a three year old foster child was chained by the neck. Mary Bryant, the foster mother, said it was a punishment because the boy stole food.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services took the young boy and 4 of the other foster children away. They left an older child to stay at the home. All of these children were placed by social service agencies overseen by the State.
Cook County Public Guardian Patrick Murphy retorted: "Here's a woman who's 64 years old who has six very troubled kids and so she can't take care of them and starts chaining them to beds." The foster mom's daughter has weapons and drugs charges.
