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Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services
Independent reporting on CPS, foster care, adoption and family court — the cases the system would rather keep quiet.

Mississippi CPS Kept Kids in Hotels ‘Like Prisoners’; Harrison County Declares Emergency
October 17, 2026
A WLOX investigation and a federal monitor’s report describe children in Mississippi CPS custody kept in hotel rooms for months, sitters using drugs on duty, and a 14-year-old trafficked after leaving a hotel.















