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| NY reports more assaults in state's youth prisons |
| By necn.com |
| Published: 01/15/2013 |
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The State Commission of Correction reported 337 assaults in New York's four juvenile prisons last year, roughly triple the total any of the previous four years, or an average of roughly 1.5 assaults per youth. Commission data showed 226 assaults against other juveniles and 111 attacks on staff, compared with 112 total violent incidents reported in 2011 at the four "secure" facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services. They had 211 residents in early January, down slightly from a year earlier. Though they can stay until age 21, their median age at the start of last year was 16.4. "There has been an alarming increase in the total number of violent incidents taking place at OCFS secure centers in just the first half of this year," Commission Chairman Thomas Beilein wrote in August. He requested an explanation from OCFS Commissioner Gladys Carrion and the agency's measures in response. OCFS operates the Brookwood, Columbia Girls and Goshen secure facilities, all in the Hudson Valley, and MacCormick outside Ithaca. The agency recently announced plans to close four lower-level residential centers for juvenile delinquents, who are being sent to New York City programs closer to their homes. It's part of shifting state and national emphasis from punishment to therapy, which Carrion has pushed in New York. Read More. |
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