Honestly I think in many cases we're dealing with several different groups of people when we're talking about authorities here: in one group are the vindictive, careless, thoughtless people who just automatically see themselves as free to do whatever they want. These people are drunk with power and react based on their gut - do they like someone or not? They like throwing their weight around and as a CPS worker they get a lot of weight to throw around.
There are also people honestly trying to do their job but get so inundated with the sights you describe that they can no longer trust any parent to be good (I knew a social worker like this).
There is a third group who not only helps but can clearly see the difference between abuse and non-abuse and they do not overuse the power they could access.
The trouble is the amount of power that's granted across the board regardless of what type of person the CPS worker is. We have no refuge from the rule of law but have to rely on the personality of the CPS worker and that's where all the trouble is coming in. It's like in a dictatorship - if you have a benevolent dictator, all is well. But if not, you have horror after horror.
So the solution is not to ignore the awful things like newborns locked in rooms dying, but to reform our system of law so it goes back to a system of law and does not just give more or less unrestricted power to people who may or may not use it wisely. Checks and balances. Refuge for the innocent.
Thank you to your husband for enduring these things and doing his best to help. I am so sorry both that these things exist and that he has those awful sights and sounds and events in his memory. Evil exists.