Andrew Bridge is on a mission: To fix the foster care system that he barely survived.

    安德鲁•布雷治身负一项使命: 建立健全寄养儿童保护机制。

    First-Hand Experience

    亲身经历

    "My name is Andrew Bridge. I'm a lawyer - your lawyer," I said to the pale, thin boy in front of me, who looked about 13 years old.

    “我叫安德鲁•布里吉，是你的律师。” 我对面前这个面色苍白,体格瘦弱，看起来大概13岁左右的小男孩说。

    He lived at the Eufaula Adolescent Center in Eufaula, Alabama, which I was visiting in the mid-1990s as part of the discovery process in a class action lawsuit against the facility. His parents had committed him to the care of the state, but for several days, the boy had been down in the basement, in isolation. I'd been startled to find him sleeping on a bare mattress, cold and alone. In a review of therapy and progress notes, our clinical expert concluded that nearly 30 percent of the children were disciplined in this way, banished to the basement at some point during their stay.

    他住在位于阿拉巴马州的幼发拉青少年中心(20世纪90年代中期我曾到此 ......