Cabinet has responsibility to be open about child abuse

In recent years, Kentucky has repeatedly ranked high among the states with child abuse deaths. Yet the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has the least transparency of all the cabinets, operating in its own cloud of secrecy and interrupting the law to fit its needs.

During the last two years several newspapers, including The Courier-Journal, The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Todd County Standard, have filed suits after being denied access to cabinet records relating to deaths or near-deaths of children due to child abuse or neglect.

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