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A Houston-area woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the mistreatment of seven special needs teenagers found in 2016 locked in a room strewn with human waste. Paula Sinclair, 55, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to several counts of causing serious bodily injury to a child.

The teens found in the Richmond home ranged in age from 14 to 16 years old. Authorities say they were fed two daily meals of rice and beans and disciplined for things like making too much noise.

After they were found in the filthy conditions, the children were treated for malnourishment, dehydration, bed bug bites and other issues. Investigators say they were fed only rice and beans twice a day since they were babies, CBS affiliate KHOU reports. One of the children suffers from Down Syndrome and was wearing a dirty diaper when he was removed from the home.

According to KHOU, officials say the children were all adopted by Sinclair and her former husband when the children were toddlers, along with an eighth child, who died in 2011 while in her care.

Sinclair was arrested along with her husband, 79-year-old Allen Richardson, who is being held at the Fort Bend County jail on charges that include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The children were present in court for the plea, and three of them delivered statements to Sinclair after her sentencing.

"These children are our heroes," prosecutor Terese Buess said in a statement. "They took care of one another as best as they could under absolutely unimaginable circumstances. We all have so much to learn from their amazing spirits."

Sinclair will not be eligible for parole until she has served at least half of her sentence.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paula-sinclair-sentenced-special-needs-children-horrific-conditions/
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They were living off the state income from these kids, while treating them like shit. The kids were their paycheck.

Why were there no regular check ins on these poor kids? Two older people adopt 8 handicapped infants or toddlers in a very short time, and nobody thinks checking on the welfare of the 8 special needs kids might be a good idea?
 
Sometimes people adopt special needs kids with the best of intentions but forget that circumstances can change or your health can deteriorate— especially if you don’t have time to take care of yourself because you have so many special needs kids! I knew a newlywed couple that took in a emotionally damaged child — they were idealists who thought love could cure all. But when the kid harmed their newborn, they relinquished custody right quick. Really the worse thing for the adopted child.
 
WTF is up with her hairline?

Give these two rice and beans once a day for the rest of their lives behind bars.
 
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