Leaders of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will speak at public hearings on a new juvenile justice initiative being billed as “reform,” but which, in reality, will put youths and the community at risk. The new Close to Home initiative focuses on reducing the placement of troubled youths in facilities operated by [...]
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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The head of New York’s largest public employee union said workers in state juvenile detention facilities are literally taking a beating at the hands of youths assigned to their care. CSEA President Danny Donohue warned about increasingly dangerous conditions in the facilities, including one where 19 staff, including the facility director, have recently been victims [...]
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 [...]
Maryland Juvenile Arrested for Violent Outbreak In School released from Maryland Juvenile Justice and several days later shoots two men in an attempted robbery. BALTIMORE — A 14-year-old girl shot two men during a robbery attempt after she was laughed at because of her age, according to charging documents. One of the men died a [...]
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Teen accused in Arrington shooting to be tried as an adult By LISA THOMPSON lisa.thompson@timesnews.com Larry Lemon, the 18-year-old accused of gunning down another man in front of a convenience store in January, won’t get another chance in the juvenile justice system. Judge William R. Cunningham has issued an order that rejects a defense request [...]
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Source: 2 more D.C. wards slain By: Bill Myers Examiner Staff Writer August 13, 2010 Two more young men who were committed to the D.C.’s youth justice agency have joined the District’s grim roll call in separate homicides this week, The Washington Examiner has learned. David Hinson, 20, was shot dead Wednesday night in Capitol [...]
L.A. County probation officials find videos on YouTube of fights between students at a Lancaster camp. Investigators will conduct interviews and examine computers to determine the teacher responsible. FIGHTVIDEOS MADE BY YOUTHS IN LA COUNTY PROBATION WERE REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE LATE LAST MONTH AT PROBATION OFFICIALS REQUEST. THE TIMES IS MAKING THE VIDEOS AVAILABLE [...]
Manuel D. Sanchez, 29, of Capitol Heights was with a crew of people hired a week ago to clean up the area in the rear of an apartment house in the 4600 block of Hillside Road in Southeast Washington. Sanchez didn’t make it home. Just after 2:00 p.m. last Friday he was shot to death. [...]
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