An Erie County Medical Center nurse was attacked and beaten on Wednesday by a psychiatric patient.
The victim was identified in Buffalo police reports as Kelly McCain, a registered nurse. She was in good condition at ECMC on Thursday, a hospital spokesman said.
Her alleged attacker, Terrence Caldwell, 22, of Theodore Street, was arrested and charged with [...]
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Iowa child protective services have been removing children from their homes at a rate twice the national average. Roughly 50,000 of the state’s 3 million residents have been placed on a “child abuse registry”.
There are millions of Americans on such child protection registries in at least 45 other states that reflect the same imaginary tide [...]
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The city will pay $55,000 to a Queens high school student who alleged that he was abused by a school safety agent.
The family of Stephen Cruz, a senior at Robert F. Kennedy High School in Flushing, Queens, sued the city a year ago after a school safety agent, Daniel O’Connell, allegedly kicked open the door [...]
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CANAAN — A 17-year-old Berkshire Farm’s resident from Schenectady was charged with felony criminal mischief after screaming and throwing furniture in class, State Police said.
Melchizedek Williams was arrested Monday after an outburst in class that also included foul language, troopers said. They said Williams destroyed a desk worth about $300 at the residential treatment center.
Williams was also [...]
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Published Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:00 am
by CSEA Statewide News
(ALBANY) – The CSEA (Civil Service Employees Association) has presented a detailed and often-graphic account of deteriorating conditions in New York State-operated juvenile detention facilities under embattled Office of Children and Family Services Commissioner Gladys Carrion.
In addition, CSEA is also calling for a formal commitment from [...]
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In December 2006 the NYS Legislature was told that OCFS’ physical intervention policy was unsafe, in 2010, 2 staff fatalities and several million in worker comp. claims later, they’re finally investigating
State Senator George Maziarz and members of a Senate Republican Task Force on Juvenile Justice reform today held a public forum to investigate growing concerns among [...]
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I am a mother who recently lost her son to a senseless act of teen violence. The young man who was responsible for my son’s death had quite a history of juvenile offenses.
Every day, when I turn on the television and read the newspaper, I see another youth responsible for gun violence. The juvenile justice [...]
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4 adults hurt in fight at upstate NY high school
Associated Press
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Authorities say two assistant principals and two police officers are recovering from minor injuries after a food fight at an upstate New York high school escalated into a brawl among students.
Police in Binghamton say nine Binghamton High School students — six boys [...]
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Room 8 is reporting that the State policy of coercing private providers to purchase substandard products and services is creating an unsafe and dangerous condition at OCFS owned and licensed facilities.
OCFS (and OMH who is also mentioned in Lancman’s report) have been coercing private (licensed) providers to purchase substandard services (including safety services) at inflated [...]
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SEX ORGIES
SHREDDED DOCUMENTS
A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION
MULTIPLE FATALITIES FROM SHOOTINGS AND STAFF BEING BEATEN TO DEATH
A SCATHING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATORY REPORT
42% INCREASE IN ASSAULTS AGAINST STAFF
THE SOLUTION – PROMOTE THE COMMISSIONER
From the NY POST
The Adage: Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time, goes the timeless street [...]