Article written by Olteanu Cosmin, in collaboration with Cristea Sebastian-Carol The article contains scenes, images and statements that may affect you emotionally. Laura Pavel Mezei, social worker withLaura Pavel Mezei, a social worker with over 21 years of experience in Child Protection, reported in 2013 the abuses that took place in a placement center in Bihor, where children were subjected to physical and mental abuse by their educators, under the direct coordination of the director of DGASPC Bihor, Puia Lucian Călin. Following the intervention of the DGASPC Bihor Control Body, the children’s files were removed, and the abuses were confirmed as a result of the children’s and educators’ statements. Following these revelations, three educators were sentenced to suspended prison terms together with the director of the DGASPC Bihor, and then, by prescribing the facts, they were put back in office, and Laura Mezei was forcibly transferred to another center, because she personally observed the serious situation where the children were.
