State police in Schuylkill County say they found a 22-month-old child locked in a homemade "cage" made of plywood on Wednesday.

But Tiffany George, the mother of the child, disputes the charge and calls the structure a playpen, according to a report from CBS 21 News.

The father of the child, Cecil Kutz, 38, has been charged with locking the child in the structure and leaving him and two other children alone in the home while went to visit George in the hospital.

"I want to get the word out there that we are not bad parents. Gene made a mistake, and now he's got to suffer the consequences. I don't agree with him. I'm very upset with him. But, people do make mistakes. Maybe he was panicking," according to the report.

George was taken to the hospital at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday after experiencing "extreme bleeding" after the birth of the baby girl at 9 p.m. Tuesday at he home in Pottsville, state police said in court documents.



She gave birth at home Tuesday evening in a makeshift hot tub, police said.

Kutz is currently being held in the Schuylkill County Prison on $250,000 bail.