I-TEAM: State Attorney’s office is interviewing people about troubled St. Johns Youth Academy. Meantime, the DJJ ends contract with Sequel Youth Family Services, the private contractor that was running the facility.
– The News4JAX I-TEAM is reviewing the private contracts from the company that ran the St. Johns Youth Academy.
The Florida Juvenile Justice Association is working with the Department of Juvenile Justice and said pending the investigation, they and the Inspector Generals’ office will hold those individuals accountable. Under the name Sequel, it had poor reviews, both in Florida and in other states including child battery, child abuse, and a child killed.
According to the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System, Sequel, now Vivant, is getting paid about $41.5 million for services. The total payment to date is just over $35.8 million.
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