From Kiawana Rich of the Staten Island Advance About 200 Staten Islanders are voicing their concerns at a meeting now under way on the controversial
city juvenile detention facility proposed for Willowbrook.
About 200 Staten Islanders are voicing their concerns at a meeting now under way on the controversial
city juvenile detention facility proposed for Willowbrook.
Not exact matches
The new legislation requires the
city to remove all 16 - and 17 - year - olds currently held at Rikers Island to specialized
juvenile detention facilities by April 1, 2018, to the extent practicable, but no later than October 1, 2018.
Instead, offenders would be placed in specialized
juvenile detention facility certified by the Administration for Children's Services and the state's Office of Children and Family Services, and in conjunction with the state's Commission of Correction and the New York
City Department of Corrections.
At the same time as he was diverting offenders from upstate
juvenile detention facilities, Cuomo also closed down all of the New York
City — based OCFS
facilities, undermining any claim that the program was really about moving
juveniles closer to their homes.
In the beginning James proposed, developed and led programs for at - risk youth in
juvenile detention in both an inner -
city community program and at a residential treatment
facility.