About 11:30 p.m. Monday night, medics with the city of Fairfield were called to One Way Farm, a group home there. They were responding to a report of a juvenile male that had been assaulted. Initially, it did not appear the victim was very seriously injured. But later the victim was found to be unresponsive. [...]
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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 [...]
Former OCFS employees are all firmly united in their claims that the root cause of the surge in violence can be traced back to the moment Gladys Carrion assumed the reigns of the OCFS. Many cited a marked increase in gang violence at state facilities as testament to the failure of the administration’s policies. Carrion [...]
PA. Video from PA licensed children’s home shows what happens when youth fight and adults do nothing
Teen Fight In Safe House Caught On Tape: MyFoxPHILLY.com The video, aired by a Philadelphia news station two weeks ago, shows teenage residents at The Children’s Home in Mount Holly, PA engaged in a vicious brawl at a housing unit as counselors watch without intervening. One of the counselors appears to be standing lookout at [...]
•Two teachers at a private psychiatric school were allegedly punched in the face and injured by a 12-year-old student who became combative at about 5 p.m. Both teachers were men. One was punched in the nose twice and the other in the jaw three times when he tried to help restrain the youth. A wall-mounted [...]
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a 16-year-old who escaped from the Juvenile Justice Center around midnight Monday after beating up a corrections officer. Wanted is Don-Tay D. ”Tweety” Johnson, 16, 217 E. Dewey, Youngstown, on charges of escape and assaulting a peace officer. Authorities believe he broke out of his prison cell, rushed [...]
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The recent riots in Britain have forced policy makers to look anew at a juvenile justice system. It wasn’t long ago that David Cameron launched what became known as his “Hug a Hoodie” campaign — an initiative born of a public outcry over Britain’s ill-behaved youths, and one that ended in ridicule when hooded youths [...]
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Three teenagers accused of escaping from a Butler County youth home and getting away in a stolen limousine were caught by police in Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening. Channel 4 Action News’ Ari Hait reported that the black Cadillac sedan was found around 6 p.m. Wednesday parked outside of Oliver High School on Pittsburgh’s North Side. [...]
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Local and state officials say they are working to address residents’ concerns about safety and a frequent police presence in what had been a quiet neighborhood. The focus of the concerns is a home for abused and neglected teenage boys run by a contractor for the state Department of Children and Families. Town board of [...]
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Troopers charged four residents of the Lincoln Hall School with misdemeanor assault in the beating of a fifth student at the Route 202 school for troubled boys. The victim was taken to the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla for treatment of a concussion, contusions and other minor injuries after the assault Thursday, state police said [...]
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