FOSTER HOME IN TEXAS TRAFFICKING CHILDREN

Back on March 11, 2022

At least one staff member at a #Texas foster-care facility designed to help young girls who are victims of sex trafficking is accused of trafficking them all over again, according to state officials and court documents.

Nine current and former employees at the Refuge Ranch, a state-contracted rehabilitation facility in #BastropCounty are accused of criminal activity amid allegations of neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and exploitation of seven girls at the facility about 30 miles southeast of Austin.

The girls were left at the facility for more than a month after the abuse was first reported, officials said Thursday during an emergency court hearing,