Cheryl Huxhold has been a nurse for more than a decade and has cared for youth at the Tryon juvenile facility in Johnstown, Fulton County for the past four years. Less than a month ago, Cheryl survived a violent attack by a 15 year-old girl inside the facility. Cheryl courageously took part in a press [...]
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In 2006 OCFS changed its use of force policy. This video demonstrates the results of this policy. As can be seen by the video, not only is staff in danger, the youths themselves are in danger as well. This is what happens when youth do not respect staff and staff are not given tools to [...]
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LOCKPORT — Thursday would have been Renee C. Greco’s 26th birthday, but instead it was the first day of testimony in the trial of the man accused of her murder. In a 30 minute opening statement that spared no detail of how Anthony J. Allen, 19, of Rochester, allegedly killed Greco, then 24, by hitting [...]
A New York teenager has been convicted in the bludgeoning death of the woman who was supervising him at a group home for troubled youth. A Niagara County jury Thursday found 19-year-old Anthony Allen of Rochester guilty of second-degree murder, robbery and burglary following 10 hours of deliberations over two days. Prosecutors say Allen repeatedly [...]
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