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“Look like play pens most of us occupied at one time or another when we were at that age.”

But I am sure you were not locked up in your playpens so you could not get out.

“But I am sure you were not locked up in your playpens so you could not get out.”

Isn’t that the whole point of a crib?

These “cages” look like cribs with roofs

That's the whole point of them, to keep the child in an area from which they cannot get out. When they are able to then they no longer are worth having. They seem to have found a solution, by stacking and up against a wall that has a low sloping ceiling.

I do not see any lock and key, and from what I can see of the kids they do not look malnourished or abused. But I honestly can't see them well enough to be sure about abuse, but I think I see enough of them to know they are far from being malnourished.

I am not saying that these parents are blameless, especially if they indeed had a honey oil lab (at least it wasn't a meth lab though - as they are extremely dangerous). But nothing reported or pictures provided have convinced me that these parents were abusive of neglectful to their children. Doesn't mean that the aren't abusive and/or neglectful, just means that the news article and pictures have not convinced me that is the case. Not nearly enough information for me to start getting all righteous. If it is proven that they are, then I hope they get the book thrown at them, and that the boys will find responsible loving homes to grow up in.

“But I am sure you were not locked up in your playpens so you could not get out.”

What are you talking about? Who is going to buy a playpen that a child can just let himself out of?