Education, Not Incarceration. Bronx Parents and Community Members Protest Excessive Number of Student Arrests and Suspensions On Thursday, May 10th, 2012, the New Settlement Parent Action Committee assembled Bronx parents, students, educators, faith leaders, community organizations, and advocates in a large community march entitled “Education, Not Incarceration!” protesting current New York City Department of Education [...]
The Following is a verbatum copy of the letter from former OCFS employee Ed Ausborn. This letter is a response to a letter from B. Baccaglini to the times union about a new program called BLUE SKIES ( Placing NYC youth in their home for treatment instead of Upstate Facilities ). Juveniles Deserve Better I [...]
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As an American Airlines plane taxied for takeoff at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Friday morning, a flight attendant ranted on the plane’s intercom, repeatedly telling passengers that she was not responsible for the safety of the plane and wrestling with another flight attendant for control of the plane’s public address system, according to a [...]
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The exclusive video of a wild ride home on a Collinsville, Illinois, school bus has drawn nationwide attention. It’s also prompted changes. Until Tuesday, school and bus company officials had only seen video from the bus’s on-board camera. Now, Fox 2 has provided them the home video from one of the students on the bus. [...]
Yesterday a violent youth released from OCFS’ juvenile custody shot a NYC police officer in the back of the head critically wounding him. OCFS’ staff who have been repeatedly injured by these youth offenders and Civil Service Employees Association, are using this latest high profile crime in New York City as just another illustration of [...]
TTAPR does not condone excessive force. Kudos to the war veteran who shot the video and refused to hand it over to the police.
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The Prince George’s County youth detention facility where a teacher was killed last year remains plagued by assaults, security lapses, crowding and understaffing, according to a new report. Maryland’s Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit, a watchdog for the state’s youth detention centers, says assaults and disturbances at the Cheltenham Youth Facility spiked in July, August and [...]
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