A Florida mom will avoid jail time after leaving her adopted teenage son in a windowless room for years.

In a disturbing case that has captured national attention, Tracy Ferriter admitted she confined her adopted son in an 8x8 box for hours on end.

The arrest of Ferriter and her husband in 2022 revealed their son was locked in a small room with only a bucket for urine and feces. The shocking details emerged after an investigation into the Ferriter household, leading to charges of aggravated child abuse.

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According to 'Too Fab,' on Monday, Ferriter entered a guilty plea, a decision that she says was motivated by a desire to protect her children from the trauma of a prolonged trial and media scrutiny. Following her plea, Ferriter addressed the media, offering a defense of her actions and shedding light on the complex dynamics within her family.

Ferriter shared,"We were living a life that is not what is portrayed in the media. There were a lot of things that nobody knew. We were a completely loving family. I love my kids. We just tried to do the best we could with what we had."

She explained that the reason she was pleading guilty was to keep her other children out of the media. "It's tough because I'm doing this because I want my kids to not be part of this trial, have their names all over the media and they can move on. But I know the way our family really was, I know the truth and what we were trying to do. We loved all of four children and we were trying to deal with something there's no cure for. It's a hard road and there's not help for this condition. There's not help that can help parents work through it."

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Ferriter's attorneys argued that the adopted son suffered from Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), a condition that severely impaired his ability to form emotional bonds and left him with a minimal "moral compass." They claimed that the family's extreme measures were a misguided attempt to manage the boy's challenging behavior in the absence of adequate support or resources.

As part of her plea agreement, Tracy Ferriter will serve ten years of probation and one year of house arrest. This means that she is able to avoid jail time, what many deem a controversial turn of events.