More headlines continue pouring in on the negatives associated with the nation's child support enforcement program.
Innocent Man Sent To Jail For Missed Child Support
BOSTON -- Systemic problems allowed an innocent Massachusetts man to be labeled a deadbeat dad and sent to jail.
Team 5 Investigates' Rhondella Richardson reported that it happened to John Caliri."I wake up in the morning and I go to bed at night, knowing that I've been in jail because of something I did not do, and I don't deserve it," said Caliri.
Original Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14763949/detail.html
The BostonChannel.Com, WCVB Channel 5, news site carried the story of another man that was affected by the child support enforcement program. This story brings up an interesting final point about the system essentially not listening to the evidence and just rushing to a judgment in an effort to compete for federal incentive money. "Anytime that you have government setting standards on negative outcomes you have a a serious risk of abuse, naturally you are going to see more broken homes and people jailed, because that is what the system is rewarded for," states Lary Holland.
