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has overwhelmed the Big Apple’s two understaffed juvenile facilities with older, hardened criminals — including accused killers, a scathing new report found.
Adult film star pumps his Cybertruck with bullets to test if it's really bulletproof — and here's what he learnedInterviews with hundreds of current and former employees at the city’s Administration for Children’s Services – which oversees the two juvenile detention centers — revealed that staffers are overworked and have been forced to grapple with nearly a dozen outbreaks of shocking violence, including riots that have sent workers to the emergency room, the report said.
The statue, which was implemented in two stages in 2017 and 2018, raised the age of criminal responsibility in the state to 18, and allowed for criminal defendants to remain in juvenile facilities as old as the age of 21.On the heels of Raise the Age, state lawmakers also adopted measures that prohibited judges from setting bail on nearly all criminal cases, save for the most violent felonies. Despite several tweaks spearheaded by Gov. Kathy Hochul, most crimes remain ineligible for bail.
The already-understaffed youth facilities suddenly faced an influx of violent residents, forcing more and more to work overtime to fill slots or sub in for injured coworkers, investigators found. The DOI said it made 15 recommendations to ACS, six of which were rejected while nine were either accepted or had already been implemented by the youth care agency.
“Violence is down, supportive programming has significantly increased, restorative work with youth is making a difference, and we are seeing improved educational outcomes for youth in detention, including more high school graduations.”
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