The family of a Catholic University student who was gunned down in Petworth is suing the District for $20 million in a wrongful-death suit. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in D.C., alleges that the accused shooter was a juvenile criminal offender who was in the custody of the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation [...]
Assaults have skyrocketed this year at the Prince George’s County youth detention facility where a 65-year-old teacher was raped and killed last February.A new report by the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit, the watchdog for Maryland’s youth facilities, says reports of assaults and suicidal behaviors are rising at the Cheltenham Youth Facility, which remains overcrowded and [...]
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In 2009 DOJ CRIPA division commenced an investigation into the conditions at 4 juvenile facilities. In August, 2009 DOJ released its findings regarding its investigation. In response to DOJ’s report the staff at OCFS as well as many NYS legislators voiced concerns that DOJ’s report and findings did not accurately reflect the true conditions at [...]
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We recently received news that OCFS facilities that were once accredited by the ACA are no longer accredited. ACA accreditation is a pre-requisite for receiving Federal funding. At a price tag of over $200k per youth per year one would think NYS OCFS would take great pains to maintain its facility’s accreditation and access to [...]
TheTruthAboutProneRestraint.com has heard that NY OCFS Commissioner, Gladys Carrion, may be looking at bailing from her out of control and sinking ship at OCFS and is now headed for a job on that other ship of fools; the U.S.S. Justice Department. If this is true, Carrion is being given safe refuge in, what amounts to, a Federal Witness Protection Program for Commissioners willing to sellout their agency to the thugs currently running DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. [...]
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The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) adopted the recommendation of its Legislative Committee for NDRN’s position on Senate Bill 3895, the new Senate version of legislation concerning restraint and seclusion in schools. The statement reads: “This legislation responds to a critical need identified by the P&As [Protection & Advocacy Systems] and NDRN for strong, consistent [...]
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