“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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When Bureaucracy Erases Trauma by Calling It a Policy Violation

 📩 SWANK Dispatch: My Children Were Sexually Abused by a State Doctor—But You’re Threatening Truancy

🗓️ 6 August 2020

Filed Under: DSD misconduct, homeschool retaliation, sexual abuse by physician, safeguarding trauma, truancy misuse, shifting policy excuse, administrative gaslighting, unlawful property entry, complaint commission, public school rejection

“You threatened to take my children
despite the fact that I submitted my curriculum.
But when a doctor exposed them
in front of nine adults,
you didn’t even file a report.”
— A Mother Who Has Survived State Surveillance in Multiple Countries

This letter to Willette A. Pratt, Senior Investigative Officer at the Complaints Commission, outlines a catalogue of procedural violence by the Department of Social Development (DSD), including:

  • Sexual abuse of her sons at the National Hospital by a doctor during an unconsented “safeguarding” exam

  • Multiple unannounced visits and forced interrogations with no explanation

  • Illegal property entry, including dismantling her fence

  • No reports ever given, violating legal and ethical obligations

🧠 I. Bureaucracy Over Trauma

Despite the trauma:

  • The family was told their homeschooling wasn’t approved

  • They were declared truant

  • The mother was threatened with child removal unless she submitted:

    • Written homeschool request

    • Curriculum

    • Child ages

    • Her qualifications

    • Socialisation evidence

    • An annual teacher assessment

All of this after the Department had acknowledged her homeschooling approval in 2017 through Mark Garland.

🧬 II. A Mother’s Timeline of Survival

The letter gives a concise migration history that highlights her effort to protect her family:

  • Moved between the USA, Grand Turk, Providenciales, and London to escape trauma

  • Survived robbery, housing collapse, deportation separation, mould exposure, and state harassment

  • Homeschools four children in the face of constant obstruction

🧾 III. What She Asked For

  • Direct communication from Edgar Howell at the Department of Education

  • A transparent copy of the homeschool policy

  • Respect for the agreement made with Mark Garland

  • Legal clarity and consistency

SWANK Summary:

She was following the rules.
They kept changing the rules.
And now they want to punish her
for surviving what their systems inflicted.


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The Law Says I Get a Copy — So Why Am I Still Asking?

 📜 SWANK Dispatch: You’ve Had 3.5 Years to Investigate. Where’s the Report?

🗓️ 15 July 2020

Filed Under: unlawful investigation, DSD misconduct, homeschool discrimination, failure to provide report, TCI legal breach, safeguarding abuse, sexual abuse by doctor, AG request for intervention, Ashley Forbes inaction, complaint ignored

“Three and a half years.
Still no report.
Still no reason.
Still harming my children
while claiming to protect them.”
— A Homeschooling Mother Still Waiting for the Law to Apply to Her Family

In this formal letter to Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, Polly Chromatic requests urgent legal advice and intervention. After 3.5 years of ongoing harassment by the Department of Social Development (DSD) in Grand Turk, and a sustained refusal to issue a legally required report, she is calling on the highest legal authority to enforce compliance with the law.

⚖️ I. The Legal Breach

Turks and Caicos law — specifically the Children (Care and Protection) Ordinance, 2015, Section 17(6) — states that a report must be provided to:

  • The parent of the child, and

  • The child, if 12 or older and capable of understanding

Unless there is a clear danger or pending criminal investigation — neither of which applies in her case.

And yet:

No report has ever been provided.
No legal justification has been given.

🧸 II. The Harm Documented

  • The case began with bias against homeschooling, despite approval from Mark Garland in 2017

  • Her children experienced:

    • Sexual abuse by a doctor at the National Hospital

    • Emotional and psychological harm from repeated unjustified inquiries

  • Communications with Ashley Adams-Forbes have gone unanswered

  • A complaint to the Complaints Commissioner was also ignored

🧑‍⚖️ III. What She Asked the Attorney General

  • Legal advice on how to compel DSD to comply with statutory law

  • Action from the AG to enforce Section 17(6)

  • Oversight to halt the prolonged harassment

SWANK Summary:

She followed the law.
They followed her.
And now — she’s asking the Attorney General
to follow through.

Labels: unlawful investigation, homeschool discrimination, safeguarding weaponisation, legal rights violation, DSD misconduct, no investigation report, AG intervention request, child trauma, doctor abuse, complaint unanswered

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