The Daily News reported today about repeated failures with the governor's initiative to
move juvenile offenders from state run facilities into New York City programs that are obviously unequipped to handle the dangerous offenders.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 began
moving some juvenile offenders to facilities away from the adult prison population.
With the measure stalled, Cuomo in 2015
moved some juvenile offenders into separate facilities and away from an adult prison population.
Not exact matches
He previously through executive action began
moving 16 and 17 - year - old
offenders into
juvenile facilities away from the adult population.
ALBANY, NY (05/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Just weeks after scathing reports about the abysmal failure of the Close to Home
juvenile «reform» program diverting youthful
offenders from state
juvenile justice facilities to inadequate New York City based programs, the Cuomo administration is doubling down on bad policy and
moving to close two more centers.
ALBANY, NY (03/28/2012)(readMedia)-- CSEA today restated the dangers of fast tracking Governor Andrew Cuomo's Close to Home proposal for shifting
juvenile offenders into nonexistent New York City programs as new information has come to light about the criminal background of those individuals who would be
moved.
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.