--- description: The kids were in "nasty condition" title: Parents Whose Kids Were Found Locked in a Cage Won't Go to Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ef564e40718979/698786b8f887dc8500e8af39/scott-suggs-brandy-kangas.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Parents Whose Kids Were Found Locked in a Cage Won't Go to Prison by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 5:37 PM CUT  Scott Suggs, 28, and Brandy Kangas, 36, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, pleaded guilty on March 30 after police say they locked their three children behind a gate in filthy conditions in the home. Scott Suggs, 28, and Brandy Kangas, 36, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, pleaded guilty on March 30 after police say they locked their three children behind a gate in filthy conditions in the home.Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 5:37 PM CUT A Virginia mother and father who pleaded guilty to felony child neglect after their three young kids were found locked in a cage will not serve any prison time. Scott Suggs, 28, and Brandy Kangas, 36, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to the three counts on March 30 after their children—ages 1, 3, and 4—were discovered behind a gate with an opening where they received food, reported [NBC affiliate WWBT](http://www.nbc12.com/story/28714432/spotsylvania-investigators-kids-were-locked-in-room-fed-through-gate "undefined"). As part of their plea agreement, a judge who had given them six-year prison sentences suspended the prison time. “Although these kids were in a nasty condition… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/no-jail-time-parents-whose-kids-were-found-locked-cage-n335646?cid=par-time-article%5F20150404 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3771508/parents-kids-locked-cage-no-prison/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3771508/parents-kids-locked-cage-no-prison/"},"headline":"Parents Whose Kids Were Found Locked in a Cage Won't Go to Prison","datePublished":"2015-04-04T17:37:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:42:21.724Z","description":"The kids were in \"nasty condition\"","url":"https://time.com/3771508/parents-kids-locked-cage-no-prison/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ef564e40718979/698786b8f887dc8500e8af39/scott-suggs-brandy-kangas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ef564e40718979/698786b8f887dc8500e8af39/scott-suggs-brandy-kangas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"scott-suggs-brandy-kangas","caption":"Scott Suggs, 28, and Brandy Kangas, 36, of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, pleaded guilty on March 30 after police say they locked their three children behind a gate in filthy conditions in the home.","creditText":"Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3771508/parents-kids-locked-cage-no-prison/","name":"Parents Whose Kids Were Found Locked in a Cage Won't Go to Prison"}}]}] ```