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Kansas family seeks harsher sentence after toddler suffers burn injuries at daycareIn Wichita, Kansas, a family is pushing for a harsher sentence after their two-year-old daughter, Jaci Garrison, suffered severe burn injuries at a local daycare. The incident occurred under the care of Ija Hall, a daycare owner and foster parent, who is accused of placing the toddler in scalding hot water, causing second- and third-degree burns to her legs, feet, lower torso, and multiple internal injuries. Medical staff noted a handprint on the child, suggesting she was forcibly held down.Jaci has undergone multiple surgeries and faces lifelong challenges from her injuries. Her mother, Alicia Anderson, described the ordeal: “The nurses told me that it looked as though she’d been forcibly held down in the water because there was a handprint.” Anderson added, “She’s going to fight this for the rest of her life. It’s not something that was just a simple thing that she can get over; she’s got years to recover from this.”Hall recently pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse, a level-three felony in Kansas, which carries a potential sentence of 4.5 to 20.5 years. However, a plea deal could result in little to no jail time, possibly just 36 months of probation. Anderson expressed deep frustration: “It’s not an appropriate punishment for this crime. I think she deserves to be in a prison cell to think about what she did.”The family has launched an online petition on http://Change.org, titled "Justice for Jaci," urging the judge to impose the maximum sentence. Hall's sentencing is scheduled for August 15. The case highlights concerns over child safety in daycare settings and the adequacy of legal penalties for such abuses.
Justice for Jaci: https://change.org/p/justice-for-jaci?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=35d7dd10-e94d-012f-11bd-4040b09128dc
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Wichita day care provider and foster mother charged with child abuse
Day care home at 357 N. Erie, Wichita, Sept. 13, 2024 (KSN News Photo)
by: Laura McMillan
Posted: Sep 24, 2024 / 02:09 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 24, 2024 / 02:09 PM CDT
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A foster mother who also ran a Wichita day care has been charged with child abuse.
Ija Hall (Courtesy Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office)
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office says Ija Hall, 29, of Wichita, appeared before a judge Tuesday morning and was charged with two counts of abuse of a child.
Hall provided day care at His Loving Hands Home Childcare, 357 N. Erie, until Sept. 13, when the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued an emergency order to suspend her day care license.
The KDHE said a child living at Hall’s home was found with second-degree burns on Sept. 5. The child suffered burns to their buttocks, thighs, feet and second-degree burns to lower extremities.
Two other children were found with bruises and scratches on Sept. 6. Those two children, one of them a foster child, were placed into protective police custody and transported to the Wichita Children’s Home.
The Children’s Home said both children needed baths; one child was missing teeth and had bruising, and another had red marks on the back, neck and shoulder.
Law officers interviewed the licensee on or about Sept. 9. The KDHE report says she admitted to smacking one of the children, causing bruising, and admitted to making one of the children sit in a hot bath, resulting in the burns.
Officers arrested Hall. After the court appearance on Tuesday, Hall is free on a $25,000 bond. She is not to have any contact with the victim or any child under the age of 12.
Her next court date is Oct. 7.